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What is the best/efficient way to determine the wattage PSU I need?

MJC0704
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Im building a PC and i'm wondering what PSU i should buy?

Parts:

Ryzen 7 2700

ASRock B450 Steel Legend

Samsung 860 EVO SSD 1TB

Samsung Spinpoint HDD 1TB

MSI Geforce RTX 2070 Gaming

Corsair Vengeance 16gb (2 x 8gb) 

 

What is the wattage and what wattage PSU should I buy?

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3 minutes ago, MJC0704 said:

Im building a PC and i'm wondering what PSU i should buy?

Parts:

Ryzen 7 2700

ASRock B450 Steel Legend

Samsung 860 EVO SSD 1TB

Samsung Spinpoint HDD 1TB

MSI Geforce RTX 2070 Gaming

Corsair Vengeance 16gb (2 x 8gb) 

 

What is the wattage and what wattage PSU should I buy?

A 650 watt would be perfect for that. Likely wouldn’t use more than 450-500 watts under full load, but a 650 will give you some headroom. 

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GPU TDP + 70W will give you a better estimate than any PSU calculator. We can't give any recommendations without knowing where you're buying from. 

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