Jump to content

My current PC is using 550w excluding the keyboard mouse monitor and headset. I read somewhere that for the power supply to be most efficient you'd have to use 50% of it, for example a 425w pc should use a 850w power supply, is this true? should I spend more money on a 1000w power supply or no?

 

Current pc build on pcpartpicker:

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($449.00) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($106.99 @ Newegg) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste  ($6.45 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($184.98 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($148.66 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($699.00) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A ATX Mid Tower Case  ($76.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: ???
Total: $1802.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-10 13:15 EST-0500

 

recommend me some good power supplys

 

Link to comment
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1267504-help-choose-psu-for-pc/
Share on other sites

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

×