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[paddy-stone]

2 hours ago, leletec said:

I thought the same about the PSU, but somehow a calculater got me to that high wattage. I guess it calculated the overclock wrong.

 

Can you really overclock a 1700 to the same clock as the 1700X?
I thought it would be limited due to a lower TDP.

The 1700X is only at 3.4 or 3.8Ghz under turbo, the 1700 can easily go past those speeds. I have my 1700 at 3.7 ATM, but only because I need it absoloutely rock solid, and am only using the wraith spire cooler included with the 1700. Not to say the wraith isn't a good cooler, it is fantastic, just not as good as a 240mm AIO obviously. So you should have no problems getting an OC to 3.9/4Ghz with that cooler and mobo.

OK, if you want a 1200W PSU go for it, it's your money you're spending after all. I won't bother trying to talk you out of it as it'll be a waste of my time in my experience. I will say though that you made an assumption on how high of an OC you would get out of the CPU, and the power draw and heat rises dramatically after a certain point, not to mention voltage needed to sustain the OC stability... which I believe is where most of your wattage calcculated comes from.

[leletec]

Thank you, I will take a look at some more oc experiences with the family.

 

Yeah, that could actually be the case because another calculator where you couldn't put in your overclock (I believe it was newegg) spit out a lower wattage.