Required Power Supply (Help me)

[joy_barai]

I want to build a new PC for Gaming+Editing.

 

Intel i9 9900k, RTX 2060 6GB, 2x8GB 2666Hz Ram, Water cooler, 500GB Samsung ssd & 2TB HDD.

 

How many watts power supply will be better???

 

Thanks.

[BlockedTheShot]

550w should be fine(add another 100w for overclocking) , but make sure it's a good quality one:

 

I personally wouldn't go below a tier 3(maybe tier 4 if you're budgeting, but since you have a rtx 2060, that doesn't seem to be the case)

 

[joy_barai]

16 minutes ago, BlockedTheShot said:

550w should be fine(add another 100w for overclocking) , but make sure it's a good quality one:

 

I personally wouldn't go below a tier 3(maybe tier 4 if you're budgeting, but since you have a rtx 2060, that doesn't seem to be the case)

 

 

So I should get total 650watts power supply?

[BlockedTheShot]

20 minutes ago, joy_barai said:

 

So I should get total 650watts power supply?

yup, something like that. You can go more if you want, but more doesn't necsissarily mean a better power supply

 

 

[Ankerson]

1 hour ago, joy_barai said:

I want to build a new PC for Gaming+Editing.

 

Intel i9 9900k, RTX 2060 6GB, 2x8GB 2666Hz Ram, Water cooler, 500GB Samsung ssd & 2TB HDD.

 

How many watts power supply will be better???

 

Thanks.

 

A good quality 650W PSU or even better a 750W PSU due to the better cabling options for the future, the good ones have 2 CPU power cables and extra PCIe and SATA cables.

 

Very few as in almost none of the PSU's less than 750W have 2 CPU power cables, the 650W Seasonic Prime Titanium and X-Series do.

 

 

[-rascal-]

4 hours ago, Ankerson said:

 

A good quality 650W PSU or even better a 750W PSU due to the better cabling options for the future, the good ones have 2 CPU power cables and extra PCIe and SATA cables.

 

Very few as in almost none of the PSU's less than 750W have 2 CPU power cables, the 650W Seasonic Prime Titanium and X-Series do.

 

 

A 750W is not necessary, unless @joy_barai decides to go SLI.

550W ~ 650W will be fine even if he/she decides to upgrade the GPU to something more powerful.

 

A second 8-pin EPS connector is not required.

ATX specification, a single 8-pin EPS already provides 336W -- that is excluding what the 24-pin / CPU socket can already supply.

 

Unless the i9-9900K is pushed to extreme frequencies, where beyond liquid cooling is required -- in that situation, it would no longer be a day-to-day PC, then the second 8-pin EPS would be necessary. A top-tier motherboard would also be recommended.

 

 

@joy_barai

Something like...just for an example...

•  550W / 650W EVGA G2 / P2
• Corsair RMx 550W / 650W
• SeaSonic Focus Plus 550W / 650W

 

[Ankerson]

2 hours ago, -rascal- said:

 

A 750W is not necessary, unless @joy_barai decides to go SLI.

550W ~ 650W will be fine even if he/she decides to upgrade the GPU to something more powerful.

 

A second 8-pin EPS connector is not required.

ATX specification, a single 8-pin EPS already provides 336W -- that is excluding what the 24-pin / CPU socket can already supply.

 

Unless the i9-9900K is pushed to extreme frequencies, where beyond liquid cooling is required -- in that situation, it would no longer be a day-to-day PC, then the second 8-pin EPS would be necessary. A top-tier motherboard would also be recommended.

 

 

@joy_barai

Something like...just for an example...

•  550W / 650W EVGA G2 / P2
• Corsair RMx 550W / 650W
• SeaSonic Focus Plus 550W / 650W

 

 

Depends on the MB in reality, I had this conversation with one of the MB manufactures lately and from the information that I have both CPU connections are necessary because the boards are designed that way.

 

They aren't there just for looks.

[-rascal-]

9 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

 

Depends on the MB in reality, I had this conversation with one of the MB manufactures lately and from the information that I have both CPU connections are necessary because the boards are designed that way.

 

They aren't there just for looks.

 

Who did you contact?

I am just curious now haha

 

Like I said, usually the second 8-pin EPS is only necessary with the CPU is drawing more power than what a single 8-pin EPS can supply.

Otherwise, you are running the connector out of rated specifications, pulling too much current through the connection.

 

I bought a Gigabyte Z390 Arous Master a few weeks ago, and it has two EPS 8-pin connectors.

The second one is optional.

Same goes for the other boards I've owned in the past that had additional 8-pin / 4-pin connections (e.g. ASUS X99 Deluxe II, Crosshair VI and V Formula, etc).

 

[Ankerson]

6 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

Who did you contact?

I am just curious now haha

 

Like I said, usually the second 8-pin EPS is only necessary with the CPU is drawing more power than what a single 8-pin EPS can supply.

Otherwise, you are running the connector out of rated specifications, pulling too much current through the connection.

 

I bought a Gigabyte Z390 Arous Master a few weeks ago, and it has two EPS 8-pin connectors.

The second one is optional.

Same goes for the other boards I've owned in the past that had additional 8-pin / 4-pin connections (e.g. ASUS X99 Deluxe II, Crosshair VI and V Formula, etc).

 

 

It was AORUS actually.

 

From what I got from them it is better to have both CPU connections connected.

 

Something about they didn't just add the 2nd one for looks.

 

We talked about the PSU thing and that not many PSU's less than 750W have 2 EPS connections, you can count the ones that do on one hand and have a lot of fingers left over.

 

 

[Rexper]

7 hours ago, Ankerson said:

as in almost none of the PSU's less than 750W

Be Quiet Dark Powr Pro 11

EVGA G2 GS GQ P2 G1+ 650

NZXT E

Seasonic Prime

Bitfenix Formula 

Aerocool P7

Coolermaster V

and more

 

if you really believe you need a dual EPS connectors for you 9900k, OP.

550w is fine.

[-rascal-]

8 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

 

It was AORUS actually.

 

From what I got from them it is better to have both CPU connections connected.

 

Something about they didn't just add the 2nd one for looks.

 

We talked about the PSU thing and that not many PSU's less than 750W have 2 EPS connections, you can count the ones that do on one hand and have a lot of fingers left over.

 

 

 

Oh really?!

I'll have to look into this, thanks.

[Ankerson]

5 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

Oh really?!

I'll have to look into this, thanks.

 

I talked to them about it because I saw a lot of people saying you don't need the 2nd connection.

 

Wanted to make sure so I could pass it on.

 

But then most of the ones saying that were people that also under recommended all the time anyway. 

 

So I asked them.