is 550watt enough?

[ipsmaxes]

is 550w enough for an fx 8core cpu, an r9 280x, and a noctua nh-l12?

 

other specs (that I have atm) that you might need to know.

 

5 140mm fractal silent series fans

fractal design fan controller

1 ssd and an external hard drive..

asrock 970 pro 3 r2.0

xfx 80 plus bronze 550watt psu

[lani100]

Yep, You should be fine.

[hawaiims]

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Yes it should be enough. And otherwise I love that psu. It's small, looks nice, is seasonic made, and is dead silent... I will never hear it because under load it's my gpu and cpu fans that will be loud. 

[ipsmaxes]

Yes it should be enough. And otherwise I love that psu. It's small, looks nice, is seasonic made, and is dead silent... I will never hear it because under load it's my gpu and cpu fans that will be loud. 

it's not modular though :'(

[Imabigmac]

That will probably be just fine. Cutting it close to be within what its actually rated to constantly provide. 

[hawaiims]

it's not modular though :'(

I could care less. My node 304 only accommodates short psus, so I couldn't fit modular cables but I managed to tuck in the cables quite easily..And with a full size case it shouldn't matter either because you can just hide them somewhere in the back.