PSU power

DarkLord76865 · February 9, 2022

I'm thinking of changing a few of my PC components. Specifically motherboard, processor, ram and GPU. (Those are Asrock H81M hds r2.0, i5 4460, 8gb ddr3, gtx 1050). I'm planning to try to sell those for what I can get and buy i5-12400f, Asrock b660m hdv, 32gb ddr4, rx 6600 XT. My case, storage and PSU seem fine, this was a prebuilt PC, but I can clearly see that PSU is 80+ bronze and 500W. Will that be enough (it has needed connectors). I also have 2 hdds, dvd drive, SATA ssd. Outer vision says I need around 430 W for these components? Is this PSU enough then? (it probably isn't quality PSU as it was prebuilt, but I never had any problems with it).

Ghosted Muzik · February 9, 2022

technically yes but a good 650+ psu isnt much, i paid 55 shipped for a new evga b5 750watt even though its overkill but for 8$ more then a 500watt it was worth it for down the road upgrades, plus it stays in eco mode the entire time

Spotty · February 9, 2022

28 minutes ago, DarkLord76865 said:

PSU is 80+ bronze and 500W

Does it have a model number on the label? Probably looking at about 300-400W for the system, so a decent 500W would be fine.

Since you're selling most of the old system you might be able to get a better price if you sell it as a complete system and just buy all new parts for the new computer (maybe keeping storage drives from the old system).

DantoGamer · February 9, 2022

9 hours ago, DarkLord76865 said:

I'm thinking of changing a few of my PC components. Specifically motherboard, processor, ram and GPU. (Those are Asrock H81M hds r2.0, i5 4460, 8gb ddr3, gtx 1050). I'm planning to try to sell those for what I can get and buy i5-12400f, Asrock b660m hdv, 32gb ddr4, rx 6600 XT. My case, storage and PSU seem fine, this was a prebuilt PC, but I can clearly see that PSU is 80+ bronze and 500W. Will that be enough (it has needed connectors). I also have 2 hdds, dvd drive, SATA ssd. Outer vision says I need around 430 W for these components? Is this PSU enough then? (it probably isn't quality PSU as it was prebuilt, but I never had any problems with it).

What are you going to do with your PC? 16GB ram should be enough

brob · February 9, 2022

PSU components do degrade over time. If the unit is 5+ years old, it would be a good idea to invest in a new PSU.

Alder Lake · February 9, 2022

9 hours ago, DarkLord76865 said:

I'm thinking of changing a few of my PC components. Specifically motherboard, processor, ram and GPU. (Those are Asrock H81M hds r2.0, i5 4460, 8gb ddr3, gtx 1050). I'm planning to try to sell those for what I can get and buy i5-12400f, Asrock b660m hdv, 32gb ddr4, rx 6600 XT. My case, storage and PSU seem fine, this was a prebuilt PC, but I can clearly see that PSU is 80+ bronze and 500W. Will that be enough (it has needed connectors). I also have 2 hdds, dvd drive, SATA ssd. Outer vision says I need around 430 W for these components? Is this PSU enough then? (it probably isn't quality PSU as it was prebuilt, but I never had any problems with it).

500W should be sufficient, but I would suggest getting a 650W, it would likely be quieter and degrade slower, it might not even need to turn on the fans

PSU is not the thing to cheap out on, if it fails, it could be detrimental