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Upgrading, Do I need a new PSU?

Nanokideren
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I'm upgrading my rig and I have a 600w cooler master power plus powersupply.
I've calculated my wattage on various both Cooler Master  and  extreme power supply calculators and both game me 415 watts, but the New Egg calculator gave me around 815 to 900ish!!!. Do I need a new PSU or am I fine? 

 

Specs

Case- Antec 900 mid tower
CPU- I7-4790k--- (New)
Motherboard- Gigabyte LGA 1150 intel B85 GA-B85M-D3H
GPU- R9 270x 4gb -(New)
Ram- Corsair Vengence 2x8 (16GB) -(New)
Memory- WD 1TB sata iii 7200 rpm x2

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I'm upgrading my rig and I have a 600w cooler master power plus powersupply.

I've calculated my wattage on various both Cooler Master  and  extreme power supply calculators and both game me 415 watts, but the New Egg calculator gave me around 815 to 900ish!!!. Do I need a new PSU or am I fine? 

 

Specs

Case- Antec 900 mid tower

CPU- I7-4790k--- (New)

Motherboard- Gigabyte LGA 1150 intel B85 GA-B85M-D3H

GPU- R9 270x 4gb -(New)

Ram- Corsair Vengence 2x8 (16GB) -(New)

Memory- WD 1TB sata iii 7200 rpm x2

Select automatic color, I can't read using the night theme.

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Nope, you should be good unless you plan to X-Fire the 270.

Main Rig

 

Case: NZXT H440 White | CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K @5.2GHz | CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i Hydro Series | Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition | RAM: HyperX Fury White & Black Series 16GB (4x4GB) OC to 2133MHz | Graphics Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm | SSD: Intel 730 Series 480GB & Samsung 840 256GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA 750W Supernova G2 80+ Gold | Display: BenQ XL2420G & Samsung S20D300 | Headset: Corsair 1500 | Mouse: Logitech G700S | Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Silver RED LED

 XENON Build:  

 

Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @3.3GHz | Intel DZ68BC | Corsair Dominator Platinum 2x4GB 1866MHz | Kingston HyperX 3k 240GB | MSI GeForce GTX 680 | Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium Grey | Seasonic 520W 80+ Platinum Fanless

Office Build:

 

Case: Fractal Focus G White | CPU: i5-8600K | CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB-2666 | GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6GB GAMING X | SSD: Kingston A400 240GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA BT 450W+ Bronze

 

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iPhone XS Max 512GB Gold

 

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The Cooler Master is a poor, inefficient, non-PFC unit. It's more like a ~400w unit. Due to a low power draw of your rig, however, it should be able to power it.

 

Since you have mostly new components, I would personally suggest getting a newer, better quality PSU; especially, if the PSU had been running in strenuous condition of heavy loads, little airflow, and is filled with dust for an extended period of time.  For something that isn't too expensive, I would recommend something along the lines of the CX430v3, EVGA 500B, Seasonic S12II / M12II Bronze 430w, or the Rosewill Capstone 450w if you want something that is better build. Other options can be recommended if you can provide a link to where you are able to buy from.

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