PSU for 1080 Ti and i7-6700 no OC)

[liamaustin7v]

I currently have a 550w evga g3 PSU. Will it be enough to power the following build? I won't be overclocking. I know the recommended psu is 600w, but i'm guessing that is for beefier, overclocked systems?

 

1080 Ti (yet to be purchased)

Intel i7-6700 (non-k)

Kingston 240gb SSD

Seagate 7.2K HDD

Two 80mm Fans

200mm Fan

92mm Cpu cooler fan

Gigabyte B150N Phoenix Mobo

Gaming Mouse and Keyboard (Steelseries rival 700, Cherry mx board 6.0)

NZXT Hue+

[Guest]

Yes it will be enough

[Electronics Wizardy]

550 is more than enough, the system will pull about 350w under load.

[liamaustin7v]

Great - so is the 600w recommended psu just overly cautions on the card specs?

[Adz]

evga g3 series are excellent power supplies! 550w for that specs is more than enough, even if you overclock. i wouldn't get the 600w ps, especially if you aint gona overclock.

[Guest]

5 hours ago, liamaustin7v said:

Great - so is the 600w recommended psu just overly cautions on the card specs?

yeah that's right

[Mohenjo]

they say 600w because they know not everyone buys quality power supplies, you my friend have a quality power supply. 

[MilfShake]

600W recommendation is for crap power supplies that can't handle their advertised load

 

evga g3 is solid

[liamaustin7v]

Great, thanks again everyone. Could u get away with plugging in only one 8 pin power connector, or would u also need the second (8 or 6 pin, card depending) 

[shafirpl]

No u might get away under light load plugging in only 1 8 pin, but your device driver will crash when under intense load(like firing up a game etc).