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550w or 650W?

SkyHawk133
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So currently the last part that I need for my PC build is the PSU, but I'm unsure whether or not I'd be fine with a 550w power supply, or if going for a 650 would be good just in case for wiggle room. 

System Specs:

Ryzen 5 2600X

8 x 2 GB of DDR4 RAM (3200 MHz)

MSI X470 Gaming Plus Motherboard

RTX 2060 XC Ultra Gaming (EVGA recommends a min. of a 500 PSU)

240 GB SSD

1 TB 7200 RPM HDD

The PSU I'm looking at is an 80+ Gold rated PSU either way.

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650 gives more overhead if you want to upgrade in the future or overclock, and will be more efficient since you aren't running the PSU as close to its maximum rating, but it won't be by more than 1-2%.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

 

Desktop:

Intel Core i7-11700K | Noctua NH-D15S chromax.black | ASUS ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming WiFi  | 32 GB G.SKILL TridentZ 3200 MHz | ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 3080 | 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD | 2TB WD Blue M.2 SATA SSD | Seasonic Focus GX-850 | Fractal Design Meshify C | Windows 10 Pro

 

Laptop:

HP Omen 15 | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 16 GB 3200 MHz | Nvidia RTX 3060 | 1 TB WD Black PCIe 3.0 SSD | 512 GB Micron PCIe 3.0 SSD | Windows 11

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You don't need anything past 550. What unit is it?

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Even 450w will do. The most aggressive 2060 BIOS puts the power limit to 225w, while the 2600X draws about 150w in max overclock. For holding upgrades, 550w will do and no need for 650w.

 

what PSU is that though? 80+ Gold doesnt mean it's good.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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8 minutes ago, SkyHawk133 said:

Seasonic 550 Gold Focus was what I was looking at.

Thats a fine unit, go for it

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5 hours ago, SkyHawk133 said:

Seasonic 550 Gold Focus was what I was looking at.

 

Good choice, solid unit.

i9 9900K @ 5.0 GHz, NH D15, 32 GB DDR4 3200 GSKILL Trident Z RGB, AORUS Z390 MASTER, EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, Samsung 860 EVO 500GB, ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q 27", Steel Series APEX PRO, Logitech Gaming Pro Mouse, CM Master Case 5, Corsair AXI 1600W Titanium. 

 

i7 8086K, AORUS Z370 Gaming 5, 16GB GSKILL RJV DDR4 3200, EVGA 2080TI FTW3 Ultra, Samsung 970 EVO 250GB, (2)SAMSUNG 860 EVO 500 GB, Acer Predator XB1 XB271HU, Corsair HXI 850W.

 

i7 8700K, AORUS Z370 Ultra Gaming, 16GB DDR4 3000, EVGA 1080Ti FTW3 Ultra, Samsung 960 EVO 250GB, Corsair HX 850W.

 

 

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7 hours ago, SkyHawk133 said:

Would you guys say they're a reliable brand?

No. No one should choose by brand.

As a manufacturer, they aren’t the best. They are Tier 3, meaning they outsource their PCB-A. This could lead to worse QC as opposed to a tier 1 manufacturer.

 

The Focus Plus is pretty good, if you can look past it’s OCP issues.

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9 hours ago, SkyHawk133 said:

Heard good things about the Seasonic brand,

 

I wonder where that comes from...

 

1) you don't go by brand but by model

2) Seasonic is totally overrated because they make "Mistakes" for example the amount of 12V Rails on some units...

 

Personally I prefer other units before Seasonic instead...

"Hell is full of good meanings, but Heaven is full of good works"

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