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Hey Linustechtips Community,

I´ll first build a PC by myself soon ... so i don`t have very much experience. :/

That`s what my system will look like: 

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

Motherboard: Msi Z87 Mpower (AC)

Ram: Avexir Blitz 1.1 MSI MPOWER DDR3-1866 8gb

Case: NZXT H440

GPU: MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning OC

PSU: Cooler Master V 650 Semi-Modular

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB / ssd: Samsung SSD 840 EVO Basic 250GB

CPU-cooler: Alpenföhn Brocken 2

Windows 7 64bit

 

My question is: are 650 watts enough for this system and especially for the r9 290x lighting? I`ve heard that it can draw up to 450 watts by itself, and i might overclock it a bit as well ... thanks for every answer :)

(sorry for my bad english, im from germany ^^) 

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Hey Linustechtips Community,

I´ll first build a PC by myself soon ... so i don`t have very much experience. :/

That`s what my system will look like: 

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

Motherboard: Msi Z87 Mpower (AC)

Ram: Avexir Blitz 1.1 MSI MPOWER DDR3-1866 8gb

Case: NZXT H440

GPU: MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning OC

PSU: Cooler Master V 650 Semi-Modular

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB / ssd: Samsung SSD 840 EVO Basic 250GB

CPU-cooler: Alpenföhn Brocken 2

Windows 7 64bit

 

My question is: are 650 watts enough for this system and especially for the r9 290x lighting? I`ve heard that it can draw up to 450 watts by itself, and i might overclock it a bit as well ... thanks for every answer :)

(sorry for my bad english, im from germany ^^) 

650 80+ Gold from a reputable manufacturer will work fine :)

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Hey Linustechtips Community,

I´ll first build a PC by myself soon ... so i don`t have very much experience. :/

That`s what my system will look like: 

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

Motherboard: Msi Z87 Mpower (AC)

Ram: Avexir Blitz 1.1 MSI MPOWER DDR3-1866 8gb

Case: NZXT H440

GPU: MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning OC

PSU: Cooler Master V 650 Semi-Modular

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB / ssd: Samsung SSD 840 EVO Basic 250GB

CPU-cooler: Alpenföhn Brocken 2

Windows 7 64bit

 

My question is: are 650 watts enough for this system and especially for the r9 290x lighting? I`ve heard that it can draw up to 450 watts by itself, and i might overclock it a bit as well ... thanks for every answer :)

(sorry for my bad english, im from germany ^^) 

what is this used for? that CPU is really meant for servers

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Yep

 

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1.21 gigawatts.

 

Had to be said.

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Are you doing a lot of video editing/rendering and 3d modelling?

If not, you should be going for an i5 4690k

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Get a good 750W (80+ gold, the Cooler Master ones are nice), it leaves you safe headroom.

 

A good 650W is enough though.

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The R9 290x does not draw 450 by itself lol where should it draw that power from?

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This graph shows the power use of the TOTAL system (Not just the R9 290x). As you can see it is not that high that you would need a 650W PSU. Note this is a gaming scenario right?

 

power-consume-700x649.jpg

 

This shows the highest consumption (Note: of the entire system) that was recorded during SYNTHETIC benchmarks (IE, not even close to a realistic image but this would be your worst case scenario)

 

The MSI R9 290X peaks at 500 (guessing this is twin frozr). Since lightning has an additional fan I would expect it to consume more so let's give give a royal usage estimate of an additional 50W (not realistic but let's go safe). This would put your total system usage in the worst case scenario on 550W. You CANNOT OC this xeon as far as I know so you would be more than safe with a 600W PSU though a 550W will suffice as well.

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A 550W will be enough to power this system. What is your budget and where are you buying from?

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