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I'm building my PC and the last component I need is the psu. I used the cooler master PSU calculator, but I don't know if it's right since I see so many people using 600-700W Power Supplies. If anyone could confirm this it would be great. My Components:https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Jsast/saved/ PSU Calculator Result: file:///C:/Users/Joseph/Pictures/PSU%20Calclator.jpg
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Hey, yes I know I can go on the freaking pinned topic where it tells me how much power I need but I am too confused for that So I am getting a new rig and have decided on all my parts except some fans and power supply. Well actually originally I thought I knew what PSU I wanted until I saw the estimated power usage! In PCPartPicker, it says that my PC will use around 350 watts while on full load, and I am going to overclock it and MAYBE increase some voltages on my components. I was originally going for a EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply But now it seems a bit overkill for a 400 watt system? Don't you think? I would appreciate some help down in the comments as to what company I should buy from and what efficiency rating it should have. Thanks guys, all help will be appreciated. System specs: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($525.00 @ CPL Online) CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($119.00 @ PCCaseGear) Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($245.00 @ Centre Com) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($185.00 @ Scorptec) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($145.00 @ IJK) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($699.00 @ Centre Com) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($159.00 @ CPL Online) Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.00 @ CPL Online) Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($17.00 @ IJK) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00) Total: $2253.00 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-28 16:09 AEST+1000 Side note: I do want more since I might upgrade, but not too much upgrading. Example: If system requires 400 watts, I would rather 600 or 575 or 650 or something higher than 400 by at least like 100 watts. I want a safe distance from my estimated usage than my actual PSU wattage. Hope that somehow made sense. EDIT #1 Apparently PCPartPicker stuffed up on calculating the wattage and the full load is 650 watts if you include the gpu. Would this be enough for OVERCLOCKING? D: Thanks
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how much wattage headroom is ideal in a psu? i've read that the more headroom you have, the lower the psu temperatures and noise from the psu fan will be. thoughts? when do you start to lose efficiency exactly? thanks!
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So can anyone tell me what software Linus is using at to tell the temperatures of the cores in his video where by he puts a PC in a fridge ('PC Build in a Fridge - Does it Work??'), I was hoping this would give me a way of finding out how much watts my PC consumes - Thanks, Dan -
I'm generally new to the PC gaming community, and I plan on buying around an $800 gaming rig, but I am stuck on the PSU. The reason is that I'm not sure what wattage to get as I know you don't want too much and you definitely do not want too little. I've tried some PSU calculators but they don't include the GPU I'm gonna use (GTX 960) and I also would like to hear some other opinions as I made my first post yesterday and got great feedback almost instantly! Here's my build, let me know how much wattage I should get and if you have a suggestion that'd be great too! But for the sake of my wallet no more than $70 and at least 80 Plus Bronze.
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Either GPU's not both. if not what power supply or how much would be recommended? I'm trying to build one for the first time and don't(Can't) spend too much. Power supply: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H33SFJU/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2RKEKKST5SBGG&coliid=I3TPOB7CLX6HY4&psc=1 Components: CPU: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CO8T9VC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2RKEKKST5SBGG&coliid=I2YV8WCP1MKNSV GPUs: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IFZ547Q/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2RKEKKST5SBGG&coliid=I3LM6QE73ER0HT http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T4BWGBM/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2RKEKKST5SBGG&coliid=IDYXFLMWVZJCE&psc=1 Motherboard: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KXP4ZPS/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2RKEKKST5SBGG&coliid=I1973PRBCUBPB1 Memory: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006EWUO22/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2RKEKKST5SBGG&coliid=I3AZQV8LBI8751&psc=1 SSD: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K9HID0I/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2RKEKKST5SBGG&coliid=I19R1Z528FXJ5Z&psc=1 HDD: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GDVREI/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2RKEKKST5SBGG&coliid=IS7DACLV4D8RK&psc=1
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NCIX: http://bit.ly/1bd3ZTx Amazon: http://geni.us/1mi0 Giveaway: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/351542-vortex-pok3r-giveaway-sponsored-by-massdrop/ Do you need a 1200 watt power supply to overclock your shiny new or lightly used processor or video card? Or will a tiny 350 watt unit be enough?
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Streamcom ZF240 – Fanless 240W ZeroFlex PSU Wattage Ratings?
Rix_77 posted a topic in Power Supplies
Hi all, On their webpage Streamcom claim that if their ZF240 Fanless 240W ZeroFlex PSU "was actively cooled, it would be rated as a 450W power supply. " I dont understand the reasoning behind this, could anyone please fill me in? http://www.streacom.com/products/zf240-fanless-240w-zeroflex-psu/ Thanks, Rick -
I currently have this build, AMD 6300, one seagate SSHD drive, no optical drives, Superflower SF-800P14HE (850 Watt), G.skill RipjawsX 8 Gb 1866 MHz and an NZXT sentry 2 with 4 fans connected to it ( about 20-25 watt ), and I am thinking of buying the r9 290, but am afraid my PSU won't be able to handle the load. What do you think, is it ok? Oh, and my mobo is msi 970 gaming.
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I've been running a Corsair HX750i in my pc. I've also been running an APC 350 ES which supposedly has a 200w overload cap. I've been running this pc on this backup for about 3 to 4 months and have not had any problems until now. Now, all of a sudden, when I start up a game my battery backup has been shutting down due to overage. I have monitored my pc and the wattage does get up above 200 when running a game, but I don't understand why I have had no problems until now. Is somehow my pc pulling more wattage (I've been running the same games since the beginning), or is my battery backup finally sensing the overage of wattage? Even though, no warning lights of the battery going bad have come on, nor that it switches over to battery power.
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so i built a computer as my first build last summer and its been working great so far, I recently decided to upgrade to a msi r9 280x 3gb just to boost my performance. specs: cpu: amd fx 6300 gpu: sapphire r9 270 2gb (now it sorta has the 280x) mobo: asus m5a97 LE R2.0 HDD: 1tb seagate, another western digital green 1tb (kinda old but it works) ram: corsair vengeance 8gb (2x 4gb) case: rosewill challanger, comes stock with 2 120mm fans and one 140mm psu: (this is where the problem begins) corsair cx500 so i bought a 280x assuming that i was smart and went with a 600 watt power supply but it turns out its only 500 watts and amd has a reputation of being...power greedy. I cant seem to get any straight specs on the wattage comparison of a 270 and a 280x but i know for sure its more just because its amd. I plan on upgrading my psu anyways so i can get something with higher efficiency (sense i am an amd guy) and ill obviously need at least a 600 watt. but my question is am i capable of running with a 500 watt as of now without it exploding violently? i was thinking i could take out my Western Digital HDD just to temporarily free up some power (even if its a small amount) if necessary but i would rather avoid that due to the large amount of games i have installed on it PS....if it comes down to it any tips on what kind of psu i should get or what your preference is. I know computers but electricity is scary and i dont wish to have the responsibility of making decisions regarding its mystical ways independently.
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I have a 900w PSU with +12V1 25A, +12V2 28A Rails but it only has 1 6pin and 1 6+2pin for pci Im deciding whether to get a Single R9 290x or dual R9 280xs only problem is if i run dual 280xs ill have to use molex to pci adapters would that be safe?
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so I have put my parts in multiple calulators for power supply wattage and one is telling me I need about 280 watts at least and the other is telling me I need at least like 870 watts. This is confusing me as there is a considerable difference . . . here are the parts I am using -------------------- gpu:Nvidia gtx 750 ti cpu: intel i5 4460 haswell 3.2 ghz quad core ram: 8gb ddr3 1600 (2x4gb sticks) motherboard: gigabyte GA-B85-GAMING hardrives: 1 mechanical opticaldrives: 1 dvd burner fans: 4 led 120mm -------------------- well I attempted to figure this out but I would rather be safe and have some other people look this over. let me know what you think or if there is anything I am missing, thanks for the help.
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I want to know what kind of power supply I will need for a new build. The PC will feature: Intel Core i5 4460 EVGA GeForce GTX 960 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue Kingston HyperX Fury (2 X 4GB) I know it should be somewhere between 300 and 500 watts, but that's it. How many watts would I need and would you recommend a particular PSU? - Thanks
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I am planning to buy the new R9 390 with 8gb of vram but will my 600w Power supply fully support it? Even under load?
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Will a PSU only use what it needs or will it use it's maximum amount always? For example, I'm getting a 750W XFX PSU (80+ Bronze) because theres a great deal at Newegg for it, but my build is estimated to use a max of 333 watts. Will my PSU only power the 333 watts that it needs or will it be inefficient and power all 750W even though my PC will only be using half of that? Btw my PSU is https://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-pro750wp1750snlb9
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Hi i'm gonna build a pc and i don't know how many watts i need please help. Specs: •intel i5 4690K •2x Gigabyte gtx 960 g1 gaming 4gb •msi b85-g41 pc mate •crucial ballistix 8gb •wd blue 1tb (Also suggestions for parts are always welcome ) And i'd like some room for overclocking
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Hi! I'm looking for a decent power supply with low noise and 750 wattage which would be enough for my new GPU. I'm currently looking at Corsair's cs750m, but i heard that it tends to start making a humming noise after usage. Should i buy this or look for another one?
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if your that person that on a forum needs a reason to care here you go- I7-5820k Corsair vengeance lpx Asus x99 deluxe R9 295x2 H100i Samsung Evo 120gb ssd Hx1000i psu So when I started my pc all was well but after 15 minutes my power supply began to buzz and it scared the crap out of me. It continued to produce a sound when ever I turned on the system but not when power was flowing and the system was off. I checked to see if a cord was in the fan but that was not the cause of the buzz as my fan was in 0 rpm mode. I began to research what could cause it and found two things. One was something called coil whine which seemed to be produced by unconditioned or dirty power from the wall but even in my comptia certification class which has the worlds largest power conditioner the noise was produced and when a load was placed by my gpu pitch increased and upon a sudden drop in requirements by my gpu followed by a sudden need the pitch would dramatically change to higher or lower. My a+ teacher said it was my capacitors where not a high quality and I should rma my hx1000i and purchase a seasonic 1000w platinum certified that had grade a capacitors to solve my problem. Is it likely that the capacitors are my problem and that buying this psu would solve my problem? The pc functions and does not restart or do anything else crazy it's just my psu sounds like a tesla coil playing a song at half the pitch but double the volume. And is there a better power supply that you would recomend? Besides the noise is there a risk this could cause damage and I should leave my pc off until I replacd my psu. IMPORTANT NOTE -my graphics card has some really special power requirements that must be meant however amd suggested psu's that had some crap ratings - also I did not daisy chain my graphics card I have it running on two separate 6+2 pin cables.
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here is my pc part list http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/k7jVCJ i was wondering how much i could overclock my cpu on this 500w psu with stock cpu cooler, this mobo does support oc-ing unlocked cpus thanks in advance cheers
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Hey guys, I just watched Linus' guide on PSUs on Techquickie and also checked the guide on this forum. The guide recommends a minimum wattage of 550 Watts for my overclocked system which I'll post here. THe Cooler Master Power Calculator is spitting out 440W, so the 550M would theoretically run at like 80% efficiency if I'm not mistaken. I am not planning to run Crossfire in the near future. CPU: i5 4690k planned @ 4.1GHz CPUFAN: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo GPU: Sapphire Toxic R9 280X RAM: 2x4GB of DDR3-1600 CL9-9-24 Crucial Ballistix MOB: Gigabiyte GA-Z97-PD3 HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SSD: Corsair FORCELS 60GB as boot drive OPD: DVDRW LG Case will be the Raidmax Scorpio V with 3 Fans The sytem builder from the german hardware shop ALTERNATE.de ( I'm from Germany ), which I usually trust, tells me that a CS550M will not properly run my system and recommends the CS650M. Now I don't want the PSU to work with less efficiency and would tend to get the 550M , but what are your thoughts? Which one should I get? Thanks!
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Hi, can someone please explain there difference between these three values and why each one is different? I dont understand why the wattage varies so much when all tests are done on the same 8-ohm speaker... what is the difference? This is where the rest of the specs are in case you need any more info: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/846128-REG/Sony_STRDH130_STR_DH130_2_Channel_Stereo_Receiver.html
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Pc shutdown when fully loaded, think it's the powersupply
zergo1012 posted a topic in Power Supplies
My Pc shutdown when I play like exemple assassin's creed unity on ultra, when it's using everything of my gpu. My specs: cpu: Intel i7 4770k motherboard: msi gaming 5 gpu: Msi r9 290x memory: 2x 4gb corsair vengeance low profile 1600mhz cpu cooler: h100i powersupply: Ocz modxstream 600w 80 plus bronze certified Do you guys think I need a new powersupply? -
I recently Bought a CORSAIR RM650 I want to run a gtx 980 in the near future but have a gtx 760. The power supply hasn't came yet but do you think it will run well and quiet with a gtx 760 or a gtx 980. I'm a big fan of quiet and I don't like the look of the cx series power supplies , so I'm hoping my psu now can run a 980 and an amd FX 8320. The power supply calculators I can't really trust
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Hi, Got some new components the other day for my budget build and it all worked fine. I was a bit worried that the old PSU I had wasn't up for the task, as it is 6 years old and a just above the required output (480W PSU, ~430W required according to eXtreme Power Supply calc.), but it worked. For 2 days. It ran fine playing BF4 on ultra for an entire evening, but the next day after some hours of Shadow of Mordor it all of the sudden shut down, and it smelled a little bit burnt. I've tried unplugging everything else except the motherboard but it's still unresponsive (the power light lights up for a split second then nothing). Should I replace the PSU for one with greater wattage? Specs: Xilence XP480 Intel i5-4670K MSI H81M-P33 EVGA GTX680 SC 2x 4GB Kingston DDR3 1333MHz 120GB SSD 2x 500GB HDD 2x 120mm fans Nothings been OC'd, as I was cautious of the low margin of the PSU. I'm aware the manufacturers recommend a PSU of >550W for the GPU, but I instead (stubbornly) used the 480W I had from previously to keep the costs down, as the calculator showed less than that in required watts. My theory (albeit a newbies theory) is that the PSU's output may have degraded over time, as the listed continuous wattage is 480 (not peak), but it still cant supply what the system needs, or that the calculator didn't take some details into consideration in its estimate. I'd appreciate sharing some wisdom on my conundrum, as I don't have a lot of experience on the matter. Thanks, Niclas.
