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paradonym
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I just recognized that many PSU Calculators suggest totally different PSU Wattage to the same hardware... Some say that 500 Watts would be enough, others talk about a minimum of 750 Watts.

 

Just to clarify the system I put into the calcs:

1x Mainboard (some calcs made a difference between normal and high-end - so I entered high end for my Asrock 990fx extreme9)

1x AMD FX8320 (No guys, commenting "heater" is not accepted)

some of the calcs want to know if it's a big CPU cooler - so I checked it for my dual fan Noctua NH-D15

1x nVidia GTX980ti

4x DDR3 8 GB

1x Samsung 850evo SSD

4x HDD 7200 RPM

1x BD Burner

8x USB

2x Firewire

6x fans (2x 120mm 4x 140mm)

 

Just a little comparision between the calcs:

MSI 711 watts

be quiet 473 watts

Enermax (http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator) 676 watts

Enermax #2 http://www.enermax.outervision.com/PSUEngine 636 watts

http://powersupplycalculator.net 661 watts

http://extreme.pcgameshardware.de PSU calc software: 558 watts

Newegg 733 watts

 

so - who of them do you trust? Do you calc an average out of multiple PSU calcs or do you suggest taking the highest value + 50-100 watts to be secure?

 

is this system (assuming the hardware is fully occupied) really a thing of an 800-900 watts PSU? or can I stay with my 650 watts PSU?

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extreme psu calc by outervision or gtfo 

 

http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

 

I really prefer to do it by hand, but this is the only one I can faithfully recommend. 

muh specs 

Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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I use pcpartpickers usually.

CPU: 6600K @ 4.6Ghz | COOLER: H100i GTX | MOBO: Asus Z170 AR | GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Hybrid | RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB | 

CASE: Corsair 760T | PSU: Corsair RM750x | STORAGE: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB & Seagate 2TB | KEYBOARD: K70 RGB | MOUSE: Deathadder Elite

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extreme by outervision or gtfo 

http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

2manyadds/10

Main PC |CPU - i7-6700k|GPU - R9 290x tri-x 4gb|RAM - 16gb ddr4|MOBO - MSI z170 - A PRO|HDD - WD 1TB/240gb Sandisk |PSU - 700w Raidmax

Laptop |CPU - i7 4720hq|GPU - 960m 2gb|Ram - 8gb 2x4|Model - y50-70 Touch|SSD - 240gb Patriot drive|Display - 1920x1080 IPS touch

 

 

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You are aware that you cpu would bottleneck the 980ti, yes? :)

 

I use pcpartpickers one.

FX-6300 cooled by Nepton 240M | EVGA GTX 970 SuperClocked | 8GB G.Skill ValueRAM | Cooler Master 690 III | Sharkoon WMP 500 Bronze | 

Power supplies:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/406160-psu-ranking-and-tiers/ My F@h stats: http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=zyntaxable Intel vs. FX for gaming: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/401217-more-updated-fx-vs-intel-for-gaming/
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I use google images and "GPU X CPU Y" to see what the PC actually uses irl

no calculators needed

NEW PC build: Blank Heaven   minimalist white and black PC     Old S340 build log "White Heaven"        The "LIGHTCANON" flashlight build log        Project AntiRoll (prototype)        Custom speaker project

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Ryzen 3950X | AMD Vega Frontier Edition | ASUS X570 Pro WS | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB | NZXT H500 | Seasonic Prime Fanless TX-700 | Custom loop | Coolermaster SK630 White | Logitech MX Master 2S | Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Pro 512GB | Samsung 58" 4k TV | Scarlett 2i4 | 2x AT2020

 

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You are aware that you cpu would bottleneck the 980ti, yes? :)

 

I use pcpartpickers one.

 

If nVidia is artificially bottlenecking because of an AMD CPU - no problem - It's not a big thing to purchase a R9 Fury instead of a 980ti or so - they're cheaper (if you only look at the purchase price)

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If nVidia is artificially bottlenecking because of an AMD CPU - no problem - It's not a big thing to purchase a R9 Fury instead of a 980ti or so - they're cheaper (if you only look at the purchase price)

They aren't doing that, the CPU is just not very powerful in single threaded/dual core applications and games. A high end card like the fuy would bottleneck as well. Your best bet would be going with an i5 or i7 depending on what you're going to use the pc for. 

FX-6300 cooled by Nepton 240M | EVGA GTX 970 SuperClocked | 8GB G.Skill ValueRAM | Cooler Master 690 III | Sharkoon WMP 500 Bronze | 

Power supplies:

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They aren't doing that, the CPU is just not very powerful in single threaded/dual core applications and games. A high end card like the fuy would bottleneck as well. Your best bet would be going with an i5 or i7 depending on what you're going to use the pc for. 

so you just said "there are still games only occupying 2 threads" in a very long sentence? - so of course dualthread games are bottlenecked simply because they're not optimized...

I won't exchange the CPU (+Mainboard) for a GPU - so I'll stay with that

and - if it's not a hardware caused bottleneck as you just said - it's not really a problem...

 

Listening to people saying AMD = Bad - purchase intel isn't suggested, because they simply can't honestly guess the speed in comparision to their favorites...

You are allowed to have animated avatars on LTT, but - try to have images like "userbars" in the signature - no chance...

Excels last cell is XFD1048576 and once was IV65536.

(if you want to have the most effective mousepad - use a colored matte floor tile)

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So  - PCpartPicker - is the one most of you trust I think .. according to http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xJkyYJ I need ~600 Watts, so my 650 Watts PSU should be fine

You are allowed to have animated avatars on LTT, but - try to have images like "userbars" in the signature - no chance...

Excels last cell is XFD1048576 and once was IV65536.

(if you want to have the most effective mousepad - use a colored matte floor tile)

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On 11/30/2015 at 9:12 AM, paradonym said:

so you just said "there are still games only occupying 2 threads" in a very long sentence? - so of course dualthread games are bottlenecked simply because they're not optimized...

I won't exchange the CPU (+Mainboard) for a GPU - so I'll stay with that

and - if it's not a hardware caused bottleneck as you just said - it's not really a problem...

 

Listening to people saying AMD = Bad - purchase intel isn't suggested, because they simply can't honestly guess the speed in comparision to their favorites...

 

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