PC Partpicker system wattage...

[AfroLedgend]

Is the system wattage that shows up on PC Partpicker's website accurate?

[EarthboundHero]

Mostly, what's the system?

[Whorax]

Yeah shoot us a link. We'll tell ya!

[Prastupok]

Relatively close. Don't forget your overheads. If in doubt, double check now, before you buy.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Take it with a pinch of salt. If you ask on the forums (full specs), people will be able to tell you how much power you need. 

[Kyuubixchidori]

tends to be conservative and underestimate. you need to remember everyone also tends to over recommend power supplies also. also have to factor in power supplies are not 100% efficient. if you could share your PCpartpicker im sure we could help!

[Clarkey]

Good bet is take PC Partpicker and add 100 watts or so.

[AfroLedgend]

link below

[AfroLedgend]

Is the system wattage that shows up on PC Partpicker's website accurate?

 

 

Mostly, what's the system?

 

 

Yeah shoot us a link. We'll tell ya!

 

 

Relatively close. Don't forget your overheads. If in doubt, double check now, before you buy.

 

 

Take it with a pinch of salt. If you ask on the forums (full specs), people will be able to tell you how much power you need. 

 

 

tends to be conservative and underestimate. you need to remember everyone also tends to over recommend power supplies also. also have to factor in power supplies are not 100% efficient. if you could share your PCpartpicker im sure we could help!

 

 

Good bet is take PC Partpicker and add 100 watts or so.

 

 

OK so here is the part list:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For £0.00) 

CPU Cooler: Fractal Design Kelvin T12 62.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£146.31 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI A88XM GAMING Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (Purchased For £0.00) 

Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£114.52 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£79.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  (£79.99 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£289.99 @ Dabs) 

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For £0.00) 

Power Supply: BitFenix Fury 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£89.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Case Fan: Phanteks PH-F140XP_BK 85.2 CFM 140mm  Fan  (£14.57 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case Fan: Phanteks PH-F140XP_BK 85.2 CFM 140mm  Fan  (£14.57 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case Fan: Phanteks PH-F140XP_BK 85.2 CFM 140mm  Fan  (£14.57 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Other: QNIX QX2710 LED Evolution II (£245.00)

Total: £1088.11

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-28 00:34 GMT+0000

[EarthboundHero]

That PSU is fine, however that CPU will bottleneck the hell out of a 970 and that cooler doesn't fit in that case.

 

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[Kyuubixchidori]

yeah, your power supply is perfect. was about to recommend a quality 500-600 watt power supply then checked that you already had one.  if you wanted, go with a 750 watt so you had room to sli in the future. 

[AfroLedgend]

That PSU is fine, however that CPU will bottleneck the hell out of a 970 and that cooler doesn't fit in that case.

How can you be sure it will bottleneck? And the cooler will fit The site has made an error I have the case and there is plenty of room.

[EarthboundHero]

How can you be sure it will bottleneck?

Mine is a bottleneck for my 280, which is less powerful.

[AfroLedgend]

Mine is a bottleneck for my 280, which is less powerful.

That sounds strange to me, I thought it was at least a reasonably decent quad core.

[EarthboundHero]

That sounds strange to me, I thought it was at least a reasonably decent quad core.

Unless you can get a crazy OC on it, I can guarantee it will bottleneck,

[Clarkey]

That sounds strange to me, I thought it was at least a reasonably decent quad core.

Its the lowest end quad core you'd ever want to get for gaming purposes.

[AfroLedgend]

Unless you can get a crazy OC on it, I can guarantee it will bottleneck,

That was going to be my plan of action anyway, thus the reasoning behind the AIO for a seemingly lower tier CPU. I went AMD because I want bang for my buck, I'll probably push this thing to it's limit.

[EarthboundHero]

That was going to be my plan of action anyway, thus the reasoning behind the AIO for a seemingly lower tier CPU. I went AMD because I want bang for my buck, I'll probably push this thing to it's limit.

I can't get any OC on mine with a cooler on par with a 212 EVO. I'd just go with a locked i5 if I were you.

[PaulKolby]

amd cpus arent that great get an i5 it is millions times better

[CoolaxGaming]

That was going to be my plan of action anyway, thus the reasoning behind the AIO for a seemingly lower tier CPU. I went AMD because I want bang for my buck, I'll probably push this thing to it's limit.

No OC will not help. You have a damn 970, why not 4690k?

[CoolaxGaming]

amd cpus arent that great get an i5 it is millions times better

Oh really, I can guarantee u a fx 9590 beats ANY i5 in rendering. And in gaming, the FX 8x or 9x is only behind 5-10 frames. Thats not even a "million" times better

[Kingofpants]

How can you be sure it will bottleneck? And the cooler will fit The site has made an error I have the case and there is plenty of room.

Depends what your playing at what resolution.

But if your playing 1080p-720p that card push a junk ton of frames persecondnd the CPU might not be able to keep up.

If your playing most games your CPU will have troubles pushing more than 70 Fps unless its not too CPU heavy.

Also You cant really run tons of Background apps all the time.

And in Planetside 2 (Incredibly CPU heavy game) You might get 30-50 Fps Small fights and 20-30 Medium and <15-20 Huge fights.

But you should be fine if you dont run youtube videos or something in the background.

[PaulKolby]

Oh really, I can guarantee u a fx 9590 beats ANY i5 in rendering. And in gaming, the FX 8x or 9x is only behind 5-10 frames. Thats not even a "million" times better

1st of all sarcasm second of all 10 frames per second is quite a big difference and yes it beats it in rendering but thats probably not his use pretty sure its for gaming

10 frames per second can mean choppy and smooth i dunno about you but i care about my games not running choppy and what the hell the processor your talking about isnt even the one he was going to get he was going to get the athlon

[CoolaxGaming]

1st of all sarcasm second of all 10 frames per second is quite a big difference and yes it beats it in rendering but thats probably not his use pretty sure its for gaming

10 frames per second can mean choppy and smooth i dunno about you but i care about my games not running choppy and what the hell the processor your talking about isnt even the one he was going to get he was going to get the athlon

Then say an Anthlon. Not AMD cpu. Gosh damnit, anything above 60 is smotth. So 60 and 70 is not that big of a deal dipshit

[PaulKolby]

Then say an Anthlon. Not AMD cpu. Gosh damnit, anything above 60 is smotth. So 60 and 70 is not that big of a deal dipshit

well unless you want to loose some of your computers performance and he got a 1440p monitor and if he wants to crank the settings all the way up with his 970 he might not be able to max out his game and get 60 fps and not to mention it is never a bad think to have ten more frames ten more frames would make a very nice difference in the future where games will get more demanding games and the 970 will have a harder time running games sorry but you are wrong