PSU Help

[Vinnie51]

Okay so I need to know something I just got a gigabyte Z390 M Gaming motherbored, i7- 9700, Hyper Evo 212 and gtx 1660ti with 16GB of Ram I have a 600W cooler master bronze PSU is this good? Will this set up work? Been doing my research and it seems to be the case. 

[martward]

Well it seems to be fine, though that PSU sounds a little sketchy imo. Without knowing which PSU it is I can't really comment on it, but if you just want to know whether it will work then yeah, it should work fine.

[Vinnie51]

1 minute ago, martward said:

Well it seems to be fine, though that PSU sounds a little sketchy imo. Without knowing which PSU it is I can't really comment on it, but if you just want to know whether it will work then yeah, it should work fine.

Yeah by work mainly mean is 600W good enough with everything here and I'm pretty sure coolermaster is name brand

[martward]

3 minutes ago, Vinnie51 said:

Yeah by work mainly mean is 600W good enough with everything here and I'm pretty sure coolermaster is name brand

600w is plenty. I'd recommend looking at the PSU tier list to check whether the PSU is actually good, but I don't see a reason why the things you mentioned should not work.

[Fasauceome]

15 minutes ago, Vinnie51 said:

I'm pretty sure coolermaster is name brand

Brands don't mean anything, coolermaster makes both good and bad PSUs

[Vinnie51]

13 minutes ago, martward said:

600w is plenty. I'd recommend looking at the PSU tier list to check whether the PSU is actually good, but I don't see a reason why the things you mentioned should not work.

This is the one I got Cooler Master MWE 600 Bronze, 80+ Bronze Certified 600W Power Supply, 3 Year Warranty https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074ZR8D6P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_jHy9DbC2DJ0K4

[Vinnie51]

3 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Brands don't mean anything, coolermaster makes both good and bad PSUs

Here is the one I got Cooler Master MWE 600 Bronze, 80+ Bronze Certified 600W Power Supply, 3 Year Warranty https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074ZR8D6P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_jHy9DbC2DJ0K4

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, Vinnie51 said:

Here is the one I got Cooler Master MWE 600 Bronze, 80+ Bronze Certified 600W Power Supply, 3 Year Warranty https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074ZR8D6P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_jHy9DbC2DJ0K4

That 600 watt model meets the tier B criteria on our list

 

 

it seems to be based on better internals than the 550 watt and less models, so you're good to go

[martward]

4 minutes ago, Vinnie51 said:

This is the one I got Cooler Master MWE 600 Bronze, 80+ Bronze Certified 600W Power Supply, 3 Year Warranty https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074ZR8D6P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_jHy9DbC2DJ0K4

Should be fine :).

[Vinnie51]

Just now, Fasauceome said:

That 600 watt model meets the tier B criteria on our list

 

 

it seems to be based on better internals than the 550 watt and less models, so you're good to go

Okay dope was worried that everything I been doing was wrong kind of first time building/upgrading my PC.

[Vinnie51]

Okay so I've asked this before but want to make sure two others said its fine but I read the different tiers of  power supply units on the forms I have a  gigabyte Z390 M Gaming motherbored, i7- 9700, Hyper Evo 212 and gtx 1660ti with 16GB of Ram I'm currently waiting to put it together but my current power supply is this Cooler Master MWE 600 Bronze, 80+ Bronze Certified 600W Power Supply, 3 Year Warranty https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074ZR8D6P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_nbV9DbH0DF2CN

 

 I plan on doing VR and other video games with high to ultra settings depending. According to the people I've asked before it seems that my power supply unit says it's for entry level gaming? but I'm not sure if I need to get another one for mid to high end gaming. Im pretty sure I  have enough wattage. Just little confused with this. If I do need a new one which one would be best for my nees?

[Giffany]

out of all the psu stuff ive seen so far that one at least to me looks decent, ive had a 1000watt psu that was 10 years old by cooler master still works but i just keep it on low end pc now. dont think it would be an issue though i use a cx650m from corsair on a 1080ti and amd r7 2700x with 16gig of ram and does just fine though was recommended this at least. but lets see what others may say before take one answer.

[DailyProcrastinator]

600W is more than enough "power", under max load you probably will only pull 300W MAX. A better PSU won't increase system performance but a better PSU is only recommended because it is less susceptible to voltage ripple that could damage other system components, your chosen PSU is merely "okay". Nothing great about it. 

 

These are better options:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qpvbt6/be-quiet-pure-power-11-cm-500-w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-bn297

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KmgzK8/seasonic-focus-gold-550w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-ssr-550fm

[MS-DOS Guy]

12 hours ago, Vinnie51 said:

Okay so I've asked this before but want to make sure two others said its fine but I read the different tiers of  power supply units on the forms I have a  gigabyte Z390 M Gaming motherbored, i7- 9700, Hyper Evo 212 and gtx 1660ti with 16GB of Ram I'm currently waiting to put it together but my current power supply is this Cooler Master MWE 600 Bronze, 80+ Bronze Certified 600W Power Supply, 3 Year Warranty https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074ZR8D6P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_nbV9DbH0DF2CN

 

 I plan on doing VR and other video games with high to ultra settings depending. According to the people I've asked before it seems that my power supply unit says it's for entry level gaming? but I'm not sure if I need to get another one for mid to high end gaming. Im pretty sure I  have enough wattage. Just little confused with this. If I do need a new one which one would be best for my nees?

Your current power supply will suffice perfectly fine. For future reference, you can go on pcpartpicker.com and if you lay out your hardware specs it will automatically tell you your estimated nominal wattage usually being drawled by your system. But for good measure, when picking power supplies, take that wattage and add 100 watts to it for safe measure and use that number as a minimum for what power supplies to buy. 

Regardless, your current power supply is fine and will do the job well.

[Vinnie51]

1 hour ago, JM21 said:

600W is more than enough "power", under max load you probably will only pull 300W MAX. A better PSU won't increase system performance but a better PSU is only recommended because it is less susceptible to voltage ripple that could damage other system components, your chosen PSU is merely "okay". Nothing great about it. 

 

These are better options:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qpvbt6/be-quiet-pure-power-11-cm-500-w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-bn297

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KmgzK8/seasonic-focus-gold-550w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-ssr-550fm

How common are voltage ripples? is it something I need to be concerned about?

[DailyProcrastinator]

9 minutes ago, Vinnie51 said:

How common are voltage ripples? is it something I need to be concerned about?

I've only had issues two times in 6+ years of PC building, but it killed my motherboard one time and another time it corrupted 10TB+ of data that cost me THOUSANDS to have repaired. So I never bought a low quality PSU again, and to clarify these were not total crap PSU's just mid level PSU's. An extra $10-20 now is a lot less than replacing entire components down the road should you be so unlucky to have your PSU damage hardware in your system. It is somewhat unlikely but again there is never any guarantee.

 

Refer to this list below for better PSU's, the ones I recommended are B+.

 

[Vinnie51]

Someone actually provided me with that list before thanks! So basicly it is a chance of happening with any so with my case should I look into getting a new one or keep the one I got before I had a no name brand one that came with my PC when i got it few years back.

[MS-DOS Guy]

2 hours ago, Vinnie51 said:

How common are voltage ripples? is it something I need to be concerned about?

Voltage ripple isn't a bad thing, the voltage on the rails on your psu fluctuate normally, its when that voltage get's too excessive it becomes a problem. Honestly you shouldn't be concerned about it though since most PSU's regardless of what they are have a standard limit of no more then 120 milivolts up and down 12v rails, 5v + 3.3v rails no greater than ( or less than ) 50 milivolts from the standard baseline 5v and an even stricter specification for server power supplies. In SOME higher end power supplies this number is increased normally for overclocking.

 

The problem with this however, is that your components undergo alot more strain which could impact the longevity of your system if voltage ripple is alot more slack and unbolt. So if you aren't doing some sort of temporary build to see how far you could overclock a system or something along those lines you want a power supply that doesn't have a lot of voltage ripple. You can easily check how much voltage normally fluctuates between any power supply by googling it. 

[Vinnie51]

3 minutes ago, MS-DOS Guy said:

Voltage ripple isn't a bad thing, the voltage on the rails on your psu fluctuate normally, its when that voltage get's too excessive it becomes a problem. Honestly you shouldn't be concerned about it though since most PSU's regardless of what they are have a standard limit of no more then 120 milivolts up and down 12v rails, 5v + 3.3v rails no greater than ( or less than ) 50 milivolts from the standard baseline 5v and an even stricter specification for server power supplies. In SOME higher end power supplies this number is increased normally for overclocking.

 

The problem with this however, is that your components undergo alot more strain which could impact the longevity of your system if voltage ripple is alot more slack and unbolt. So if you aren't doing some sort of temporary build to see how far you could overclock a system or something along those lines you want a power supply that doesn't have a lot of voltage ripple. You can easily check how much voltage normally fluctuates between any power supply by googling it. 

I dont plan on overclocking my PC and I'm upgrading it from what it had so it will be a build that I'm keeping for while. Mainly using it for highend gaming, VR and editing.

[MS-DOS Guy]

9 hours ago, Vinnie51 said:

I dont plan on overclocking my PC and I'm upgrading it from what it had so it will be a build that I'm keeping for while. Mainly using it for highend gaming, VR and editing.

well like @JM21 said. Your psu is only "fine". He provides some good upgrade options. 

 

10 hours ago, Vinnie51 said:

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qpvbt6/be-quiet-pure-power-11-cm-500-w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-bn297

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KmgzK8/seasonic-focus-gold-550w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-ssr-550fm

 

 

This is not to say however your PSU won't suffice. It will do the job at a higher risk of failure which for me, is unacceptable. I consider the PSU the most important component. At the end of the day it's your call.

[Vinnie51]

1 hour ago, MS-DOS Guy said:

well like @JM21 said. Your psu is only "fine". He provides some good upgrade options. 

 

 

 

This is not to say however your PSU won't suffice. It will do the job at a higher risk of failure which for me, is unacceptable. I consider the PSU the most important component. At the end of the day it's your call.

Okay just took a look at the list and this is within the B+ I think I'm going to get this one. Would that be good for my build? Or should i get the 550w?

 

EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G3, 80 Plus Gold 650W, Fully Modular, Eco Mode with New HDB Fan, 7 Year Warranty, Includes Power ON Self Tester, Compact 150mm Size, Power Supply 220-G3-0650-Y1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LYGFRL6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_aw59DbJ588QZW

[Vinnie51]

 Looked at the tier list on the forms thanks to the community. I have a  gigabyte Z390 M Gaming motherbored, i7- 9700, Hyper Evo 212 and gtx 1660ti with 16GB of Ram  I'm currently waiting to put it together.

 I plan on doing VR and other video games with high to ultra settings depending. 

 

I was looking into this one but not sure if I should get the 650W or the 550W and it says it's under the B+ tier so I'm assuming it's good for my needs.

 

EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G3, 80 Plus Gold 650W, Fully Modular, Eco Mode with New HDB Fan, 7 Year Warranty, Includes Power ON Self Tester, Compact 150mm Size, Power Supply 220-G3-0650-Y1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LYGFRL6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Oi69Db6BSV6V0

[Fasauceome]

pretty expensive for a B+ PSU, grab something better

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bqVD4D/corsair-rmx-2018-550w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020177-na

[minibois]

The G3 is in Tier D+, which are basically PSU's you don't want to get (for a PC like yours).

 

I would rather suggest a Be Quiet Straight Power 11 or Corsair RMX or even Corsair TXM.

550W would be more than needed already, so I would go with any of the three PSU's listed above in a 550W version.

[Vinnie51]

2 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

pretty expensive for a B+ PSU, grab something better

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bqVD4D/corsair-rmx-2018-550w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020177-na

I take it that 550w  is enough? shouldn't try going for 600?