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How Many Watts Do I Need?

Mauru
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I prefer Corsair PSU

Please read the stickied thread here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/199255-how-many-watts-do-i-need-check-here/

 

Also now is not the good time to buy a Corsair PSU, there's really nothing they have that's competitive for the price. You will be best with a 450W or higher Rosewill Capstone or Seasonic G.

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Mid-Range Build
 
Amd FX6300
 
Asus M5A97 R2.0 Motherboard / GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P
 
R7~265/270x = HD~7850/7870 ?
 
G.SKILL Sniper Series 8gb (2 x 4GB)
 
Western  Digital 1TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
 
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO



Q >  I`m Planning to overclock, would i reach Mid-High settings 1080p?
 
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500W

CPU: Intel I7 4790K 4.8 Ghz || Mobo: ASUS ROG Maximus Hero 6 Z87 || Ram: Corsair Vengeance 16 GB 1600 Mhz || GPU: ASUS GTX 980 Ti STRIX || Storage: 2 x SSD Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB RAID 0 HDD Western Digital 1 TB Black || PSU: Corsair AX 860 watt || Cooling: 2 x AF 140mm (front), 2 AF120 Blue LED (bottom and back), 2 SP120 (top on radiator) ||  CPU cooler: Corsair H100i GTX || Case: Corsair obsidian 750D <3 <3 <3 

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500W is good, you should go with a evga 500w if you can get your hands on one.

Ryzen 3700x -Evga RTX 2080 Super- Msi x570 Gaming Edge - G.Skill Ripjaws 3600Mhz RAM - EVGA SuperNova G3 750W -500gb 970 Evo - 250Gb Samsung 850 Evo - 250Gb Samsung 840 Evo  - 4Tb WD Blue- NZXT h500 - ROG Swift PG348Q

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All of them.

 

jk, a 500w psu would be fine, I'd suggest getting one from corsair, seasonic, silverstone, or evga.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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I prefer Corsair PSU

Please read the stickied thread here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/199255-how-many-watts-do-i-need-check-here/

 

Also now is not the good time to buy a Corsair PSU, there's really nothing they have that's competitive for the price. You will be best with a 450W or higher Rosewill Capstone or Seasonic G.

"Rawr XD"

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