520 watts is enough?

ShrDc · October 21, 2016

Hi! I'm about to buy a new power supply (Seasonic m12II) and I was wondering which version to buy: The 520 or 620 watts version. Now, I know that the 520 is enough for my system (gtx 1060, I5 4570, only one case fan and nothing else special), should I buy the 620 if I want, maybe, more headroom for overclocking, or is the 520 watts enough for that too? Thank you in advance

Thorimus · October 21, 2016

520 should be plenty, even for overclocking. But if you're planning to upgrade to a faster high-end GPU/CPU when the next generation rolls round, 620 might be the way to go.

vorticalbox · October 21, 2016

Just now, Thorimus said:

520 should be plenty, even for overclocking. But if you're planning to upgrade to a faster high-end GPU/CPU when the next generation rolls round, 620 might be the way to go.

520 would probably still be enough seeing as components are getting more efficient year on year.

LeapFrogMasterRace · October 21, 2016

Overclocked 1060: ~280 watts

CPU: ~61 Watts

Case Fans/CPU ,HDD: Less than 30

Motherboard/whatever else: no idea but not much

for a total of less than 450 watts worst case scenario full load

AMPS are plentiful

ARikozuM · October 21, 2016

People severely overestimate the amount that overclocking requires. 520W would be more than enough.

STRMfrmXMN · October 22, 2016

17 hours ago, LeapFrogMasterRace said:

Overclocked 1060: ~280 watts

CPU: ~61 Watts

Case Fans/CPU ,HDD: Less than 30

Motherboard/whatever else: no idea but not much

for a total of less than 450 watts worst case scenario full load

AMPS are plentiful

A 1060 overclocked would never demand even 200W under Furmark load...

17 hours ago, ShrDc said:

Hi! I'm about to buy a new power supply (Seasonic m12II) and I was wondering which version to buy: The 520 or 620 watts version. Now, I know that the 520 is enough for my system (gtx 1060, I5 4570, only one case fan and nothing else special), should I buy the 620 if I want, maybe, more headroom for overclocking, or is the 520 watts enough for that too? Thank you in advance

The 520W is plenty.