Power Requirement

[Devansh Kumar]

Thinking of building a budget gaming PC with the following specs-:

i3 6100

Gigabyte-H110M-S2

MSI Geforce GTX 1050Ti 4GB

2* 4 GB DDR4 2133 MHz WD Blue 1TB HDD   Will a 450W power supply be enough?

 

[TheRandomness]

A 450W PSU would be more than enough but what PSU is it specifically?

[Tauwer]

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

i think it is but always if you are not sure use this to see if it is enough

(this reffering to the power supply calc)

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Tauwer said:

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

i think it is but always if you are not sure use this to see if it is enough

(this reffering to the power supply calc)

Never use power supply calculators, they are always wrong.

[Tauwer]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

Never use power supply calculators, they are always wrong.

always? i have used it for my pc and nothing went wrong

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, Tauwer said:

always? i have used it for my pc and nothing went wrong

Yes, they always overestimate the power requirement to account for all the crappy chinese PSUs that are rated by peak output rather than continuous.

Power supply calculators try to be safe so those people with bad PSUs won't have their PC explode.

To see the real power consumption of your components you need to use a wattage meter or go to google and look up power consumption benchmarks using similar hardware.

[King_of_Oz]

3 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Never use power supply calculators, they are always wrong.

I think the "estimated wattage" box on PCPP is pretty accurate.

[Tauwer]

 

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

Yes, they always overestimate the power requirement to account for all the crappy chinese PSUs that are rated by peak output rather than continuous.

Power supply calculators try to be safe so those people with bad PSUs won't have their PC explode.

To see the real power consumption of your components you need to use a wattage meter or go to google and look up power consumption benchmarks using similar hardware.

yeah okay fair enough, ty for telling me though inb4 

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, King_of_Oz said:

I think the "estimated wattage" box on PCPP is pretty accurate.

Still an overestimate.

[Devansh Kumar]

Its the Corsair VS450. And thanks for the help.

 

[iRileyx]

1 minute ago, Devansh Kumar said:

Its the Corsair VS450. And thanks for the help.

Not the best power supply, even for this lowish value build, i wouldn't trust it to power it.

[Devansh Kumar]

Should I use the Antec BP450PS instead?

And is it ok if I shave a few bucks off by using a pentium G4560 instead of the i3 6100

[PsichoSteve]

I always go for slightly more than needed as it gives you a little room for future expansion.

 

Would recommend you looking at a Seasonic S12II 620W '80 plus bronze' PSU.