HDPLEX 250 w psu w 240w dell/ Plantronics Brick - Safe to step up to a 90w TDP GPU if CPU is only 45 W MAx TDP

[misterx1969]

Hi so I got the HDPLEX 250 W
http://www.hd-plex.com/HDPLEX-250W-Hi-Fi-DC-ATX-Power-Supply-16V-24V-Wide-Range-Voltage-Input.html

 

I got the recommended 240 W brick
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005EMQFNU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Works Great, Silent

I have the 4770t CPU
http://ark.intel.com/products/75125/Intel-Core-i7-4770T-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_70-GHz

Max TDP of 45 w

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Currently using the Sapphire Radeon Ultimate r7 250 Radeon W Heatsink
http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=98BCB552-6560-4C44-94ED-E57CD03F9C15&lang=eng

No Power connector needed

w 2 wd GREEN 4TB drives (Maxing at 4.5. watts Each.


CPU 45
Current GPU 75 MAX
HDD 9 total

So Im using 129 of my 240 Available Watts Right now ( At Max Load)

MY options are a 750 Ti (Equivalent or Less Power draw)
an 950 GTX (Slightly more - 90w vs 75)
a (1050) not out yet (Equivalent or Less Power draw)
or a 1060??? (120W???)

for a total load of 174 out of 240? Is that cuting it way too close???
This PSU is > 94% Efficient

Thanks for your time!

[W-L]

4 minutes ago, misterx1969 said:

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You will also want a little overhead on top of that and to account of inefficiencies so I would say it's still good as long as you don't have a power hungry GPU or overclock the GPU too much. 

[misterx1969]

Thanks for your reply!