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[pxystus545]

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[TheSLSAMG]

You've got plenty of headroom, more than enough to OC both the CPU and GPU, or upgrade to an R9 290X/GTX 970.

[Wirbelfeld]

Hi, so I built my PC late last year and I'm incredibly satisfied with the results. I've been making little modifications along the way (adding/removing components) and I'm a little curious about TDP and my current breathing room. I'm considering investing in an Intel 4690k & an ASUS Z97-Pro Gamer to replace my current AMD A10-5800k & MSI MS-7778 (both of which were reused from a slightly older HP computer) later this year. I'm running with the following hardware:

 

APU:                   AMD A10-5800k (To be replaced by 4690k)

 

Motherboard:   MSI MS-7778 (To be replaced by Z97-Pro Gamer)

 

GPU:                  MSI R9 270

 

Memory:           12GB of Micron DDR3

 

Storage:            WD 1TB HDD

 

Cooling:            NZXT Kraken x61

 

Case:                 NZXT H440

 

PSU:                  Corsair CS-650M

 

 

I used this TDP calculator to measure out my power usage, and it was surprisingly low (from what I expected). I'm wondering if it's reasonably accurate for my current high load wattage to be around 270-300 watts and the new high load wattage to be around the same. I've always worried that for some reason my power supply isn't sufficient in powering my hardware, or that I don't have much expansion room for future upgrades, but perhaps this is not the case. I know power efficiency in computer technology has improved over the past few years, but I'm not very knowledgeable in this particular field (power, etc). Again, I've got 650 watts available, how much breathing room (if any) do and would I have? Thanks!

As a general rule of thumb, use only around 40-70% of your PSU wattage

[skullbringer]

With 650W you can power any Intel 11xx CPU with any single GPU graphics card.

 

Even overclocked, your system with i5 4690k and R9 270 won't use more than 350W.

[pxystus545]

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[Wirbelfeld]

Thanks both of you, what would you say about my current TDP? About 300-ish? 

It should be a bit less than 300

[pxystus545]

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