1060 PSU recommendation

[Hamil_P1]

I've heard the power draw from a pc may spike up beyond normal when under load/ instance of stress on the system. 

Also, heard psu calculators are unreliable partly due to this and aftermarket designs oc variation and such. (CM.PSU.calc and nvidia says >400W is fine)

My system in progress;

i5-6500

gtx 1060 (coming soon)

550w evga supernova

hyper 212

x3 140mm fans

x1 hdd

x1 hdd + x1 ssd (future)

 

considering spikes, is 550W enough? ive heard anywhere from 430-700W recommendations

->how large are these spikes have you seen in general? with the 1060 in particular?

first hand experience would be greatly appreciated.

[8-Bit Ninja]

1 minute ago, h.patel said:

I've heard the power draw from a pc may spike up beyond normal when under load/ instance of stress on the system. 

Also, heard psu calculators are unreliable partly due to this and aftermarket designs oc variation and such. (CM.PSU.calc and nvidia says >400W is fine)

My system in progress;

i5-6500

gtx 1060 (coming soon)

550w evga supernova

hyper 212

x3 140mm fans

x1 hdd

x1 hdd + x1 ssd (future)

 

considering spikes, is 550W enough? ive heard anywhere from 430-700W recommendations

->how large are these spikes have you seen in general? with the 1060 in particular?

first hand experience would be greatly appreciated.

550watt is fine

[Shiv78]

550W is fine for even a 6700K and 1070/1080. Don't worry; you def. don't need 700W unless you have SLI 1070s

[Energycore]

On 11/13/2016 at 0:07 PM, h.patel said:

I've heard the power draw from a pc may spike up beyond normal when under load/ instance of stress on the system. 

Also, heard psu calculators are unreliable partly due to this and aftermarket designs oc variation and such. (CM.PSU.calc and nvidia says >400W is fine)

My system in progress;

i5-6500

gtx 1060 (coming soon)

550w evga supernova

hyper 212

x3 140mm fans

x1 hdd

x1 hdd + x1 ssd (future)

 

considering spikes, is 550W enough? ive heard anywhere from 430-700W recommendations

->how large are these spikes have you seen in general? with the 1060 in particular?

first hand experience would be greatly appreciated.

PSUs are made to handle those spikes

 

The Supernova 550W you're looking at will do just fine. You could do on a 450W PSU if it was a good one tbh.

 

Edit: I say "just fine" too much

[LordofSavages]

Any decent 500 or 550 watt unit will do fine. I'd say an RM550x or a G2 550w

[YongKang]

You're fine even with OC. If what you do is normal gaming and not going for those world record overclock, you should be fine and dandy.

[Hamil_P1]

Thank you all