CX450M

[Lum1nou5]

I have bought a corsair CX450M, the grey one, 2015 edition, I was planning to go with a budget build, but now plans have changed and I will spend 2300$ on the whole setup. Is a CX450M gonna be fine? I want to power a i5 6600k and a 1070.. I really dont want to get a new PSU.

[Ophidio]

It'll work but it's not the best PSU you could go with in this case. You might want to send it back and get a better PSU if you can. Something of Gold+ rating for a system like that would be more recommended or a really strong and sturdy bronze unit. 

[Lum1nou5]

what do you mean send it back, Im pretty sure I cant do that :(.

[Imakuni]

4 minutes ago, Lum1nou5 said:

I have bought a corsair CX450M, te grey one, 2015 edition, I was planning to go with a budget build, but now plans have changed and I will spend 2300$ on the whole setup. Is a CX450M gonna be fine? I want to power a i5 6600k and a 1070.. I really dont want to get a new PSU.

I'd wait the 1070 get on the market before confidently saying "it'll hold it for sure"...

 

But if it was a 970, it would be fine. There would be no need to swap.

[Ophidio]

You can't return the PSU from where you bought it?

 

If you can't then it'll serve you well for a while. I used a CX600M for a really long time but it started dying like 1 1/2 years later so just be careful. I wouldn't really recommend any overclocking on it though. CX units do not like overclocking at all. I think that may be why mine died so fast to begin with.  

[Lum1nou5]

It should be more power efficient, right?

 

I think Im gonna stick to the CX450M for now, but I will upgrade to the RMx 650 if I will feel a need to.

[Ophidio]

The CX will do the best job it can. Regardless of what anyone says they're good units for starters. Also don't forget to consider something from EVGA or Seasonic if you ever replace it. They tend to be much cheaper than RMx units and are the same quality if not better than RMx. 

[Moonzy]

if you already have it, then you can keep it and use it

an i5 6600K and a 1070 card should be fine on it

though i wouldnt recommend overclocking on it

 

alternatively you could buy another psu and keep this as a spare, which is what i would do

 

btw, 2300$ and only an i5 6600K with a gtx 1070?  that shouldnt cost more than $1500 even on premium components

[Lum1nou5]

2300$ for the whole setup, Including a 339$ gaming chair, 269$ monitor and 250$ peripheals

[Ophidio]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

if you already have it, then you can keep it and use it

an i5 6600K and a 1070 card should be fine on it

though i wouldnt recommend overclocking on it

 

alternatively you could buy another psu and keep this as a spare, which is what i would do

 

btw, 2300$ and only an i5 6600K with a gtx 1070?  that shouldnt cost more than $1500 even on premium components

just depends on where they live, in AUD it would come out to around $2300. Bloody Australians always having ridiculous prices compared to everyone else. 

[Lum1nou5]

Yes I have it and I think I cant return it because in Latvia you can return things only up to 14 days after the purchase has been made.

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Lum1nou5 said:

2300$ for the whole setup, Including a 339$ gaming chair, 269$ monitor and 250$ peripheals

a chair that cost as much as a gpu lol

 

well no point getting an i5 6600k only to not be able to overclock it with your current psu lol (though it should be fine, just that i would advice against it)

[Lum1nou5]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wYLgTW

 

current part list

[TheRandomness]

1 hour ago, Lum1nou5 said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wYLgTW

 

current part list

Spend less on the SSD. Will free up enough space to get a better PSU because for a list like that... (Coupled with a 1060/1070/480/490..)

[STRMfrmXMN]

8 hours ago, Lum1nou5 said:

I have bought a corsair CX450M, the grey one, 2015 edition, I was planning to go with a budget build, but now plans have changed and I will spend 2300$ on the whole setup. Is a CX450M gonna be fine? I want to power a i5 6600k and a 1070.. I really dont want to get a new PSU.

The old CX we would have recommended you return. The 450M is new and good.

[Quaker]

I noticed in the parts list that you are using a B150 chipset, which doesn't support overclocking. In that case, there's not much point to getting a K version CPU or an AIO cooler.

For that mini-ITX build I would suggest a non-k i5-6500 0r 6600 and a small cooler such as a CM Hyper103 (if it will fit) or some low profile air cooler. Unless, of course, you want the AIO for looks or w/e. )

 

But, anyway, the CX450M should be capable of running a GTX-1070 given the released specs so far, but we'd need to wait and see for sure.

The older GTX-970 only recommends a 500watt power supply and actually requires less than that. The newer 1070 will require even less.