If you go for an overkill PSU does it kill or your components or is it a good thing to go overkill?

[Mitzy]

I’m not sure whether to go for a 550 psu Or a  650 for 2070 super and a ryzen 7 3700x 
I don’t know whether the 650 will be overkill or not

[MiinD]

get a 650w its not overkill at all. the 550 might be a little underkill even. 

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, Mitzy said:

I’m not sure whether to go for a 550 psu Or a  650 for 2070 super and a ryzen 7 3700x 
I don’t know whether the 650 will be overkill or not

PSUs only output what they need to

 

an RX 5700/XT is a better value GPU most likely unless you want minecraft ray tracing.

 

just get a decent quality PSU, check for the PSU tier list in google.

[Mitzy]

Ye I got told to go for a 550w but I’m scared that I won’t be enough 

[Mitzy]

1 minute ago, NZgamer said:

Watts is the amount of power that it can supply, when you're pushing your components, they draw more power. So if your power supply can't supply that much power you have problems, but for that setup I'd go 650. The advantage of having a higher wattage PSU over what you're drawing is that it can run more efficient

 

1 minute ago, MiinD said:

get a 650w its not overkill at all. the 550 might be a little underkill even. 

Ye I got told that a 550-600 psu would be fine but I’m scared it won’t be enough for my components 

[Mitzy]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

PSUs only output what they need to

 

an RX 5700/XT is a better value GPU most likely unless you want minecraft ray tracing.

 

just get a decent quality PSU, check for the PSU tier list in google.

Oh ok 

[Mitzy]

Im going to go 650w Corsair  to be safe than sorry 

2 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

It's enough

 

[Blue4130]

I run a 65w i5, a 2080, i ssd, 2 3.5 drives and other odds and ends off a 550W. Using a Kill A Watt meter, I never see more than 375w draw under synthetic testing.

[Mitzy]

Ye but an i5 is not as good as a 3700x and amd is more power hungry than intel 

1 hour ago, Blue4130 said:

I run a 65w i5, a 2080, i ssd, 2 3.5 drives and other odds and ends off a 550W. Using a Kill A Watt meter, I never see more than 375w draw under synthetic testing.

 

[nox_]

1 hour ago, Mitzy said:

and amd is more power hungry than intel 

That's not true most of the time.. The opposite usually.

[Blue4130]

1 hour ago, Mitzy said:

Ye but an i5 is not as good as a 3700x and amd is more power hungry than intel 

 

I was just giving you a real world example. Take it for what it is. But even so, a 3700x is not going to use 125w more than an I5. 

[Mitzy]

10 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

I was just giving you a real world example. Take it for what it is. But even so, a 3700x is not going to use 125w more than an I5. 

Oh ok