450 W for an i7 3770 and a gtx 1060 3 GB or RX 570?

[Mr.Genuine]

This is my system

i7 3770 stock

12 gb DDR3(4+8 dual channel) RAM @1333MHz

Cooler Master Hyper H410R

One case fan 120 mm

Corsair VS 450 PSU

Now I'm going to purchase one of the GPUs 1060 3 GB or an RX 570

Do you think 450 W is enough for this? 

 

PS- I won't be overclocking the gpu.. Maybe just the RAM to 1600 MHz

[Cereal5]

It's plenty of wattage, yes, but it's a pretty low quality PSU. I would recommend getting a new one as soon as possible. Corsair CXM and Cooler Master MasterWatt are my two usual budget quality PSU recommendations.

[comicsansms]

450W is easily enough power, but the PSU may not be good enough.

 

I assume it's a Yellow Label version of the VS, which might have problems with sudden power spikes, which modern graphics cards demand.

 

Can you provide a link to the store you are buying shit from.

[Mr.Genuine]

3 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

450W is easily enough power, but the PSU may not be good enough.

 

I assume it's a Yellow Label version of the VS, which might have problems with sudden power spikes, which modern graphics cards demand.

 

Can you provide a link to the store you are buying shit from.

Yeah made a mistake... But shit is too much expensive in India dude.. For decent prices you only get the antecs and the corsair vs.. If I go to the cooler master masterwatt or something it'd be highly overpriced.. Just in case.. Check the pic.. Sorry for the low quality my new phone is with my dad atm.. 

[Spotty]

1 minute ago, Mr.Genuine said:

Yeah made a mistake... But shit is too much expensive in India dude.. For decent prices you only get the antecs and the corsair vs.. If I go to the cooler master masterwatt or something it'd be highly overpriced.. Just in case.. Check the pic.. Sorry for the low quality my new phone is with my dad atm.. 

That's the new, better version of the VS450. That will be fine for your i7 3770 and RX 570/GTX 1060.

[comicsansms]

4 minutes ago, Mr.Genuine said:

Yeah made a mistake... But shit is too much expensive in India dude.. For decent prices you only get the antecs and the corsair vs.. If I go to the cooler master masterwatt or something it'd be highly overpriced.. Just in case.. Check the pic.. Sorry for the low quality my new phone is with my dad atm.. 

That's the newer grey label unit. You won't have problems with it, but doesn't mean it's particularly good.

 

If you're too cheap to buy a good PSU, you don't have enough money to buy a good graphics card

[Mr.Genuine]

1 minute ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

That's the newer grey label unit. You won't have problems with it, but doesn't mean it's particularly good.

 

If you're too cheap to buy a good PSU, you don't have enough money to buy a good graphics card

It's just that I don't want to waste money.. I know that to have a good PSU is really important but I cannot waste 70 USD for cx 500 or 80 bucks for a mw 550

Things are very expensive.. And I'm someone looking for best value for the buck

[Mr.Genuine]

4 minutes ago, Spotty said:

That's the new, better version of the VS450. That will be fine for your i7 3770 and RX 570/GTX 1060.

Thank god, which means I can finally stream on YT after waiting for a long year

[xxEMOxx]

I would shoot for a slightly higher rated psu personally the 3770 can be a power hungry chip at times, and depending what else is in your case, better to overbuild and play it safe then have a voltage issue and kill a cpu, ram, or gpu.  IMO

[Mr.Genuine]

2 hours ago, xxEMOxx said:

I would shoot for a slightly higher rated psu personally the 3770 can be a power hungry chip at times, and depending what else is in your case, better to overbuild and play it safe then have a voltage issue and kill a cpu, ram, or gpu.  IMO

India is always prone to Voltage surge, so I don't think it makes that much of a difference buying a new PSU

[comicsansms]

2 hours ago, xxEMOxx said:

I would shoot for a slightly higher rated psu personally the 3770 can be a power hungry chip at times, and depending what else is in your case, better to overbuild and play it safe then have a voltage issue and kill a cpu, ram, or gpu.  IMO

Just look at how much a PC with an extreme edition and a GTX 1060 uses during load. Fuck All  - 280W

Spending money on a higher wattage PSU than what your PSU needs just doesn't make any sense, ever. If it's 400W or higher, chances are it's the same platform, so preforms the same.

 

40 minutes ago, Mr.Genuine said:

India is always prone to Voltage surge, so I don't think it makes that much of a difference buying a new PSU

They don't understand what they're saying. What they're saying, is a higher wattage PSU is going to make your PSU's rails aren't going to drop below spec.

 

The thing is, a decent PSU should never let that happen (It'll turn itself off if that was to happen), plus 450W is oodles more power than you need (Though I wouldn't get a PSU with a wattage less than 400W, because they're often lesser platforms), anyway, you aren't going to kill your PC, if you were to undervolt it, it just wouldn't be stable.

 

What you're asking is about the mains power from the wall.

 

A better PSU will typically have better hold up times (How long it can last with no power going into the PSU). A better hold up time will help during momentary blackouts, because your PC might be able to coast through the sudden loss, then regain of power. This is also useful when you have a UPS, because a UPS will not start instantaneously.

 

Also, the new grey label VS (what you have), has a wide range of input voltage support (100V to 240V), which will help during brownouts.

 

Power surges, the PSU should be fused. But if you're prone to surges, I would use an external device, for extra protection.

[Cereal5]

3 hours ago, Mr.Genuine said:

It's just that I don't want to waste money.. I know that to have a good PSU is really important but I cannot waste 70 USD for cx 500 or 80 bucks for a mw 550

If you see it as a waste of money then you don't see it correctly. You're protecting an investment. Consider it lucky the VS model you have is an updated version that's not complete garbage, according to the two above.

[Mr.Genuine]

41 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Just look at how much a PC with an extreme edition and a GTX 1060 uses during load. Fuck All  - 280W

Spending money on a higher wattage PSU than what your PSU needs just doesn't make any sense, ever. If it's 400W or higher, chances are it's the same platform, so preforms the same.

 

They don't understand what they're saying. What they're saying, is a higher wattage PSU is going to make your PSU's rails aren't going to drop below spec.

 

The thing is, a decent PSU should never let that happen (It'll turn itself off if that was to happen), plus 450W is oodles more power than you need (Though I wouldn't get a PSU with a wattage less than 400W, because they're often lesser platforms), anyway, you aren't going to kill your PC, if you were to undervolt it, it just wouldn't be stable.

 

What you're asking is about the mains power from the wall.

 

A better PSU will typically have better hold up times (How long it can last with no power going into the PSU). A better hold up time will help during momentary blackouts, because your PC might be able to coast through the sudden loss, then regain of power. This is also useful when you have a UPS, because a UPS will not start instantaneously.

 

Also, the new grey label VS (what you have), has a wide range of input voltage support (100V to 240V), which will help during brownouts.

 

Power surges, the PSU should be fused. But if you're prone to surges, I would use an external device, for extra protection.

That's a huge reply.. Read it all and I appreciate your help.. I think I'll buy a UPS soon, although I do have a spike guard( idk if that is useful but still.. )  thanks for ur help.. I'll buy a 1060 3 gb possibly. 

[Mr.Genuine]

By the way, sorry to bring this topic back, can I throw an RX 580 8 GB at it? Will the PSU be able to handle it? I'll be streaming on YouTube, on the AMD VCE encoder

[Vejnemojnen]

1 hour ago, Mr.Genuine said:

By the way, sorry to bring this topic back, can I throw an RX 580 8 GB at it? Will the PSU be able to handle it? I'll be streaming on YouTube, on the AMD VCE encoder

Prolly it'd be enough. Knew some who used RX-580 with 400w psu-s. And you can underclock it, if concerned..

[Mr.Genuine]

6 minutes ago, Vejnemojnen said:

Prolly it'd be enough. Knew some who used RX-580 with 400w psu-s. And you can underclock it, if concerned..

Sure..I'll check the performance...If it's bad I'll underclock it using the Afterburner

[Mr.Genuine]

Sorry for bringing this topic LOOONNG after it was actually created..

You know the scene..I'm planning to go for ASUS ROG Strix RX 570..cos its coming with free games..Do you think it's gonna be fine? I know this was answered above even for the 580..But the guy in that website recommends  550W PSU..That's way above what I have..Does it make sense? Do you think VS 450 will handle RX 570 with the i7 3770?

[Mr.Genuine]

Just now, Mr.Genuine said:

Sorry for bringing this topic LOOONNG after it was actually created..

You know the scene..I'm planning to go for ASUS ROG Strix RX 570..cos its coming with free games..Do you think it's gonna be fine? I know this was answered above even for the 580..But the guy in that website recommends  550W PSU..That's way above what I have..Does it make sense? Do you think VS 450 will handle RX 570 with the i7 3770?

PC partpicker calculates just 274 watts total..(just in case)

[Mr.Genuine]

waiting for an ans guys..plox help

[Stefan Payne]

On 2/20/2019 at 5:01 AM, Mr.Genuine said:

Now I'm going to purchase one of the GPUs 1060 3 GB or an RX 570

Get the 570, if possible 8GiB VRAM.

As that is really an issue and with 3GiB VRAM you won't be much happy, even with 4GiB its borderline.

[Mr.Genuine]

7 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

Get the 570, if possible 8GiB VRAM.

As that is really an issue and with 3GiB VRAM you won't be much happy, even with 4GiB its borderline.

8 GB variant isnt available in India..nor is the 3 Gig variant..Only 4 GB is

[Fasauceome]

11 minutes ago, Mr.Genuine said:

8 GB variant isnt available in India..nor is the 3 Gig variant..Only 4 GB is

3GB is the 1060, which is edged out by the 570. If 4GB is all you have access to, then it'll have to do, so I think it should be fine to get. Not like you should step down to an RX 560 or anything.

 

However, what does the RX 470 pricing look like? The 470 is hardly and slower than the 570 and to you might have an 8GB version to get.

[Mr.Genuine]

18 hours ago, fasauceome said:

3GB is the 1060, which is edged out by the 570. If 4GB is all you have access to, then it'll have to do, so I think it should be fine to get. Not like you should step down to an RX 560 or anything.

 

However, what does the RX 470 pricing look like? The 470 is hardly and slower than the 570 and to you might have an 8GB version to get.

470 is a very old one to go for..I'd rather go for a 580 4 GB instead..Maybe..If I get a good offer for a 580 4 gig I'll go for it...I don't think I can afford the 8 gig

[Fasauceome]

3 hours ago, Mr.Genuine said:

470 is a very old one to go for..I'd rather go for a 580 4 GB instead..Maybe..If I get a good offer for a 580 4 gig I'll go for it...I don't think I can afford the 8 gig

The 500 series is basically a slightly overclocked version of the 400 series, there's a very little difference so if you find a good deal you should get a 480

[Mr.Genuine]

14 hours ago, fasauceome said:

The 500 series is basically a slightly overclocked version of the 400 series, there's a very little difference so if you find a good deal you should get a 480

Yeahh..Thanks for the advice mate. I was just worried and wanted to make sure the PSU doesn't struggle.