Looking for a PSU

[Mister_Shots]

Doing a system build and am completely out to lunch with PSUs. Buying a 1600x (because it's on sale and the 1600 isn't and I save more than enough money to buy a cooler better than the stock). and also looking between the 1050ti and the 1060 6GB. Looking to OC both the CPU and the graphics card. I watched a few example video's on how much extra a component requires when over clocking, and am wondering if my choice is ok. Or if I should look elsewhere before purchasing.

 

Looking at a 750 watt 80+ gold from Corsair. Not enough, ok or bad choice?

 

PS idc about the RGB since the case has no window haha!

[FuzzyLogic]

I don't think that setup would draw more than 300 watts, so 750w is a bit overkill. Maybe you could look for a 500w PSU?

[PCGuy_5960]

2 minutes ago, Mister_Shots said:

Looking at a 750 watt 80+ gold from Corsair. Not enough, ok or bad choice?

It's OK, but you don't need 750W. With your specs a CX-450M or a CX-550M would be good enough.

Any PSU from Tiers 1, 2 and 3 is fine though:

 

[hconverse02]

750w is a bit overkill, but no reason not to. I recommend something like the seasonic focus plus gold because you can get 650w for 80-90usd

[STRMfrmXMN]

7 minutes ago, Mister_Shots said:

Doing a system build and am completely out to lunch with PSUs. Buying a 1600x (because it's on sale and the 1600 isn't and I save more than enough money to buy a cooler better than the stock). and also looking between the 1050ti and the 1060 6GB. Looking to OC both the CPU and the graphics card. I watched a few example video's on how much extra a component requires when over clocking, and am wondering if my choice is ok. Or if I should look elsewhere before purchasing.

 

Looking at a 750 watt 80+ gold from Corsair. Not enough, ok or bad choice?

 

PS idc about the RGB since the case has no window haha!

750W could power three 1600X+1060 systems. Get a Corsair CX550. You also might find a happy-ish medium at a 1060 3GB but that's up to you.

[Mister_Shots]

20 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

750W could power three 1600X+1060 systems. Get a Corsair CX550. You also might find a happy-ish medium at a 1060 3GB but that's up to you.

Are you sure? I plan on doing quite a bit of OCing past the AMD's advertised 4.0 boost. I have seen a few OCing guys pull much much more than normal when dong this.

[STRMfrmXMN]

Just now, Mister_Shots said:

Are you sure? I plan on doing quite a bit of OCing past the AMD's advertised 4.0 boost. I have seen a few OCing guys pull much much more than normal when dong this.

I'm more than certain. Look at the plugs on a 1060. I think the highest-end ones have a single 6+2 pin connection. That means the card could draw an absolute max theoretical 225W (75W PCIe + 150W from the plugs) while the 1600X consumes, without OC, about 85W http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-5-1600x-cpu-review,5014-9.html

 

With OC perhaps bring it up to 170W-ish to be safe and you're still more than in the green, and I can guarentee you that system isn't going to pull as much as a heavily OC'd 3770K and GTX 680

TL;DR, Jay managed to draw about 350W from the wall (not the PSU, keep in mind) with the 680 and 3770K.

[Mister_Shots]

10 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

I'm more than certain. Look at the plugs on a 1060. I think the highest-end ones have a single 6+2 pin connection. That means the card could draw an absolute max theoretical 225W (75W PCIe + 150W from the plugs) while the 1600X consumes, without OC, about 85W http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-5-1600x-cpu-review,5014-9.html

 

With OC perhaps bring it up to 170W-ish to be safe and you're still more than in the green, and I can guarentee you that system isn't going to pull as much as a heavily OC'd 3770K and GTX 680

TL;DR, Jay managed to draw about 350W from the wall (not the PSU, keep in mind) with the 680 and 3770K.

Ok. As cringy as his 80+ explanation was. The rest was a very eye opening. He's running more fans and other crap than I can afford, so I guess a 550 will be good.

[STRMfrmXMN]

59 minutes ago, Mister_Shots said:

Ok. As cringy as his 80+ explanation was. The rest was a very eye opening. He's running more fans and other crap than I can afford, so I guess a 550 will be good.

Yeah, it was wrong (if there are any further explanations you might need I have a topic in my signature about that and it's also pinned on the PSU/Chassis subforum) but you see how much power components actually use with that video.