Advice regarding CX 450

[Ravz]

Hello,

The PC specs are:

FX 6300, M5A78L-M/USB3, 2x4GB RAM, GTX 750Ti, 2 HDD's

I am planning to overclock this CPU a little bit. And probably but not sure I would upgrade the GPU to a 1050Ti or 1650 in the future.

Would CX450 be enough to run this system under full load?

 

[seon123]

Yes. Both the 1050 Ti and 1650 are 75W cards, so expect the system to draw 150-200W under load.

Edited February 6, 2020 by seon123
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[Ravz]

10 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Yes. Both the 1050 Ti and 1650 are 75W cards, so expect the system to draw 150-200W under load.

Would I be able to overclock the CPU(somewhere around 1.35V and 4-4.1GHz) and still have some headroom with the PSU without causing power failures or something like that?

[rares495]

13 minutes ago, Ravz said:

Would I be able to overclock the CPU(somewhere around 1.35V and 4-4.1GHz) and still have some headroom with the PSU without causing power failures or something like that?

Absolutely not! That motherboard is not designed for overclocking. It has no heatsink on the power delivery components. You can end up frying the VR mosfets thus killing your board.

[Ravz]

2 minutes ago, rares495 said:

Absolutely not! That motherboard is not designed for overclocking. It has no heatsink on the power delivery components. You can end up frying the VR mosfets thus killing your board.

I have a 80mm fan blowing towards the VRM's. It's just a baseline I just said in the last post about the OC, I would bring it down according to the temps though.

[rares495]

4 minutes ago, Ravz said:

I have a 80mm fan blowing towards the VRM's. It's just a baseline I just said in the last post about the OC, I would bring it down according to the temps though.

 

Take your chances, I guess.

[Ravz]

Just now, rares495 said:

Oopsie. So you say that I stick with default settings in BIOS and AMD Turbo Boost on? Because the boost is overvolting the CPU to about 1.42v on load.