Psu Selection questions

[Jeffrey1337]

This is an open ended discussion about power supply questions and discussion i want to know not only whats best for me but best for building an optimal gaming rig. Thank you

 

I have calculated my pc to be around 500 watts

 

I am Looking for suggestions along the cheaper side but quality effiecient power supply.

 

Questions 

Such as : single rail dual raid, Which rating is best for this watt range ie, Gold Platnium silver copper, I also heard a rumor that you should select a power supply about 30% above your wall draw so you can be for efficient i live in a place with high energy costs but do not want to sacrifice gaming power i want safe clean power.

I would like room to upgrade to liquid cooling and lighting in the furture possible more powerful GPU/CPU

Basic specs:

 

Fx 8320 3.5

Gtx 1060 Gaming X 6GB

24 GB RAM  2x8 2x4

MSI Fx990 MoBo

x4 Sata Drives 

1 SSD

6 Fans(includes CPU)

About 5 + USB Ports in use from time to time i also like to charge things from my pc

1 Led Strip

Thank you for reading let me know what u think!

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

a good 500-550w will do fine for almost all single GPU gaming rigs. yours will do fine on a 430-450w unit, the 1060 doesn't eat much power. look for a cx450m or seasonic s/m12ii(albeit old) for a cheap and decent PSU.

[STRMfrmXMN]

A 1060 and octa core FX should consume around 250-300W. I wouldn't pair an old FX CPU with a 1060 though, that's gonna be a pretty substantial bottleneck in a lot of games that use single-threaded performance.

[turkey3_scratch]

Your load should be around ~250W when gaming. And the FX CPU is old, I wouldn't buy it for a new rig.