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It would help to list your specs. Power draw calculators can be unreliable. 

 

Moving thread to Cases and Power Supplies. The Troubleshooting subforum is for.. troubleshooting.

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If PC Part Picker states my build is 329w and I get a NZXT 550w power supply. Is that to much? I want to get it since it's the only one that is modular and has a white theme to it.

It's not too much if the build actually consumes about 330W, but depends what your build is specifically. 

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Actual build would be nice. Aiming for 60-70% on pcpartpickers measurement is fine. So no not too much.

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If PC Part Picker states my build is 329w and I get a NZXT 550w power supply. Is that to much? I want to get it since it's the only one that is modular and has a white theme to it.

There will never be a time where getting over the needed wattage is bad....The recommended wattage is for the main parts, you will always need more when you add more parts like the HDD, DVD drive, etc. and upgrading as well. and the idea of too much, blah. efficiency maybe, but the actual difference in it is slim, and/or non noticable

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You can never have too much. 

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A white 450D doesn't exist from the factory, and realistically there isn't such a thing as too much when it comes to PSU wattage (though efficency may not be optimal when using little power.) The 550W will be fine.

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You can't have too much, you need MOARRR (dont get more, seriously you dont need it and ull cri)

24 fps for that "cinematic" feel


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It's the only modular and white PSU I found. NZXT only goes this lower. If there is another one at 500w or 450w that'll be perfect.

Okay sounds good

24 fps for that "cinematic" feel


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It's the only modular and white PSU I found. NZXT only goes this lower. If there is another one at 500w or 450w that'll be perfect.

afaik only NZXT makes white PSUs in this price range, but they're not great for the price, basically a Corsair CX and the rest of the money they're charging you for a while paint job

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