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I am going to build a pc and I have no idea how much wattage i need for my pc. please help.

 

 

CPU : Intel Core I7-6700k

Mob : Gigabyte z170 Gaming 7 ATX LGA 1151 Motherboard 

GPU: Gigabyte GTX980ti G1 Gaming

RAM: Gskill DDR4 8GB 2800 MHz x2

SSD: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

HDD : Western Digital 1TB 7200rpm

Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M

Case : Cooler Master CM690III

 

I am going to overclock both my cpu and gpu.

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600W - EVGA, SeaSonic or Super Flower

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I am going to build a pc and I have no idea how much wattage i need for my pc. please help.

 

 

CPU : Intel Core I7-6700k

Mob : Gigabyte z170 Gaming 7 ATX LGA 1151 Motherboard 

GPU: Gigabyte GTX980ti G1 Gaming

RAM: Gskill DDR4 8GB 2800 MHz x2

SSD: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

HDD : Western Digital 1TB 7200rpm

Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M

Case : Cooler Master CM690III

 

I am going to overclock both my cpu and gpu.

EVGA 550W GS/Antec HCG 520W/EVGA B2/G2 of similar wattage. It would consume about 300W under load.

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Minimum 450 W. What I'd recommend: 550 W or higher. Just don't pick junk.

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600W should be fine 700W if you want a bit more headroom

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EVGA 550W GS/Antec HCG 520W/EVGA B2/G2 of similar wattage. It would consume about 300W under load.

I have the same thing but with a 4790k overclocked and under load its 460 watts, i have used a meter,

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EVGA, SeaSonic or Super Flower are not available in my country. Looking forward to buy Coolermaster or corsair.

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I have the same thing but with a 4790k overclocked and under load its 460 watts, i have used a meter,

Lol I can guarantee you that wattage readout is wrong xD

Here's a more power hungry system running overclocked as hell with watercooling and all that jazz.  https://youtu.be/LiWThqgFfI4?t=4m9s

I started the video at the wrong point but it gets the point across. I'm willing to be money that you were measuring power draw from the wall. Assuming you have an 80+ Bronze/Gold-ish PSU that would make perfect sense.

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EVGA, SeaSonic or Super Flower are not available in my country. Looking forward to buy Coolermaster or corsair.

coolermaster vsm 550/650

corsair rm 550/650

i would go coolermaster though

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650-750w to be on the safe side.

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EVGA, SeaSonic or Super Flower are not available in my country. Looking forward to buy Coolermaster or corsair.

check if u can get ur hands on antec earthwatts psu's their solid quality and got shortout protection ect

 

550+ is fine with ur system ( ul have some headroom too ), if u wanna go multigpu add 200watts to it and ul be multigpu ready aswell ( 750+ )

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Lol I can guarantee you that wattage readout is wrong xD

Here's a more power hungry system running overclocked as hell with watercooling and all that jazz.  https://youtu.be/LiWThqgFfI4?t=4m9s

I started the video at the wrong point but it gets the point across. I'm willing to be money that you were measuring power draw from the wall. Assuming you have an 80+ Bronze/Gold-ish PSU that would make perfect sense.

Well then again i had Intel XTU stress test running and Furmark on med settings...

 

I had the meter in an extension cord to the wall with my PSU cable right into that

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Well then again i had Intel XTU stress test running and Furmark on med settings...

 

I had the meter in an extension cord to the wall with my PSU cable right into that

Ah, there's your problem. On the extension cable you were calculating draw from the wall. In the 80+ efficiency guide in my sig you can figure the math backwards to know how much power you were using. Keep in mind that if your monitor(s) were plugged into the same outlet socket then it's adding those in as well.

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Ah, there's your problem. On the extension cable you were calculating draw from the wall. In the 80+ efficiency guide in my sig you can figure the math backwards to know how much power you were using. Keep in mind that if your monitor(s) were plugged into the same outlet socket then it's adding those in as well.

Ok thx i will calculate, and no it was only my desktop plugged into the meter

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