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acidoxyde
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Hey guys, I'm new to pc building this is actually my first personal rig so there is lot's of stuff that I'm afraid I might get wrong. The thing that scares me the most is psu. I'm thinking of buying this but I don't know if 500w is enough or if i should go for a 550w or 600w psu. 

 

My specs are:

i5-6600k

gigabyte gtx 1070 g1 gaming

2 ddr4 ram modules

2 120mm fans

1 ssd 

 

P.s. I'm looking to oc the cpu and maybe the gpu as well. I won't be doing any sli upgrades in the future

 

EDIT: I appreciate all of your answers but I would like to add that I'm on a bit of a budget. I can't spend more than 80-90 euros(including shipping which is anywhere from 10-15 euros).

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i would recommend a 

EVGA GS/G2

XFX (all but XT)

Seasonic

or Corsair AXi, RMi, HXi

 

around 500-600w should be fine

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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I think 600 W will actually allow for quite a bit of room for expansion.

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9 minutes ago, acidoxyde said:

Hey guys, I'm new to pc building this is actually my first personal rig so there is lot's of stuff that I'm afraid I might get wrong. The thing that scares me the most is psu. I'm thinking of buying this but I don't know if 500w is enough or if i should go for a 550w or 600w psu. 

 

My specs are:

i5-6600k

gigabyte gtx 1070 g1 gaming

2 ddr4 ram modules

2 120mm fans

1 ssd 

 

P.s. I'm looking to oc the cpu and maybe the gpu as well. I won't be doing any sli upgrades in the future

An EVGA B2, GS, GQ, G2, 550W is fine, would work well for you.

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11 minutes ago, acidoxyde said:

Hey guys, I'm new to pc building this is actually my first personal rig so there is lot's of stuff that I'm afraid I might get wrong. The thing that scares me the most is psu. I'm thinking of buying this but I don't know if 500w is enough or if i should go for a 550w or 600w psu. 

 

My specs are:

i5-6600k

gigabyte gtx 1070 g1 gaming

2 ddr4 ram modules

2 120mm fans

1 ssd 

 

P.s. I'm looking to oc the cpu and maybe the gpu as well. I won't be doing any sli upgrades in the future

when in doubt, this should be a pretty good website for finding out what PSU rating you need

http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

4k the dream

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13 hours ago, Doh007 said:

when in doubt, this should be a pretty good website for finding out what PSU rating you need

http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

Not really accurate but it's better to be exaggerated to be safe. My setup recommends a 750W PSU when I'm barely hitting 500W, I only have a 550W PSU.

http://imgur.com/a/s7zbP

 

 

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