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PSU wattage required for a i3 4170 and a Sapphire R9 380

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Hello!

I know there are dedicated calculators for this, but I could really appreciate some input from the community. I'm building a computer with an i3 4170 and an R9 380 from Sapphire. I was wondering if you could tell me around how much of a wattage would be required for this setup. I will NOT be doing any upgrades in the future in the form of crossfire, so no need to calculate for future proofing.

Thanks a lot for the help!

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About 600 watts I would think is acceptable.

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a good 550w psu is more than enough 

I didn't know what to put here...

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5 minutes ago, woox said:

Hello!

I know there are dedicated calculators for this, but I could really appreciate some input from the community. I'm building a computer with an i3 4170 and an R9 380 from Sapphire. I was wondering if you could tell me around how much of a wattage would be required for this setup. I will NOT be doing any upgrades in the future in the form of crossfire, so no need to calculate for future proofing.

Thanks a lot for the help!

They'll use around 240W together (possibly even less) so take that into account as you will. An EVGA B2 750W, although wattage overkill, is in a good price range for you.

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18 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

About 600 watts I would think is acceptable.

are you high? 

 

around probably 500/550W needed. Not much. Corsair VS series or EVGA G2 PSUs are cheap and usually good quality. 

idk

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3 minutes ago, Me1bourne said:

Anything more than 550W is overkill.

 

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Please don't recommend CX series power supplies on this forum. People don't generally like it ;) 

 

Edit: Didn't mean this in a rude way by the way. It's just they use very cheap Chinese parts in it and is not made for gaming builds. 

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5 minutes ago, Mason_Brasher said:

Please don't recommend CX series power supplies on this forum. People don't generally like it ;) 

 

Edit: Didn't mean this in a rude way by the way. It's just they use very cheap Chinese parts in it and is not made for gaming builds. 

It's ok, thanks for letting me know.

I am speaking from my personal experience. I've had CX500 for 2 years with 660 Ti, and haven't got any problems at all.

So yeah, thanks for pointing that out to me, next time I'll do research before making any recommendations :)

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On 3/17/2016 at 5:42 PM, Droidbot said:

are you high? 

 

around probably 500/550W needed. Not much. Corsair VS series or EVGA G2 PSUs are cheap and usually good quality. 

I guess 50 watts is gonna be overkill right? No wait its gonna blow it up.

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2 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

I guess 50 watts is gonna be overkill right? No wait its gonna blow it up.

oh man, I love my 7W PSU! I'm rocking a potato with 2 double-a batteries hammered into it. 

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1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

oh man, I love my 7W PSU! I'm rocking a potato with 2 double-a batteries hammered into it. 

Was joking around about my last comment but it would be understandable if I said 700W. 

 

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X ||  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Air Cooler ||  RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB(4x8GB) DDR4-3600 CL18  ||  Mobo: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero X570  ||  SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2-2280 Boot Drive/Some Games)  ||  HDD: 2X Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB(Game Drive)  ||  GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming RX 6900XT  ||  PSU: EVGA P2 1600W  ||  Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow  ||  Mouse: Logitech G502 Hero SE RGB  ||  Keyboard: Logitech G513 Carbon RGB with GX Blue Clicky Switches  ||  Mouse Pad: MAINGEAR ASSIST XL ||  Monitor: ASUS TUF Gaming VG34VQL1B 34" 

 

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