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Is my 600W PSU enough?

Pierre Dabrunst
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Okay I am not the best person to know if my PSU has enough wattage to run my setup....

 

PSU: Corsair CX600

 

CPU: Core i3 4150 (stock speeds)

GPU:  MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC (black edition, not TwinForce)

Storage: 2x120GB Kingston SSD (RAID-0 if anyone cares) and a 1TB WD Black 7200RPM

RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 PC12800/1600MHz CL9 LP 2x4GB

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5 Socket 1150

 

Is my PSU enough to run my system at full load? I am going to do some video editing on it and streaming as well.

Yes, I know. My CPU will be a bottleneck for those tasks but I don't stream at 1080p or make videos in 1080p.  I use 1080p but scaling down to 720p.

CPU: Intel Core i3 4150 3.5GHz Socket 1150 GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5

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2 minutes ago, Pierre Dabrunst said:

Okay I am not the best person to know if my PSU has enough wattage to run my setup....

 

PSU: Corsair CX600

 

CPU: Core i3 4150 (stock speeds)

GPU:  MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC (black edition, not TwinForce)

Storage: 2x120GB Kingston SSD (RAID-0 if anyone cares) and a 1TB WD Black 7200RPM

RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 PC12800/1600MHz CL9 LP 2x4GB

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5 Socket 1150

 

Is my PSU enough to run my system at full load? I am going to do some video editing on it and streaming as well.

Yes, I know. My CPU will be a bottleneck for those tasks but I don't stream at 1080p or make videos in 1080p.  I use 1080p but scaling down to 720p.

Yes.

  • CPU
    Ryzen 5 1600 OC 3,7ghz
  • Motherboard
    ASrock AB350 Pro4 ATX
  • RAM
    A-Data 2666mhz upgraded to Corsair LPX 2x8gb 3000mhz
  • GPU
    GTX 1060 6gb
  • Case
    Segotep Chariot TF
  • Storage
    1TB HDD, 240gb M.2 Intel NVMe SSD
  • PSU
    Evga 600w B+
  • Display(s)
    Samsung Full HD 24' Free sync
  • Cooling
    3x 120mm case fans
  • Keyboard
    Razer BlackWidow Chroma V2
  • Mouse
    Razer DeathAdder Elite
  • Sound
    Razer Kraken Pro
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
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Yep, that's absolutely plenty for that setup and also gives you some space to upgrade in the future. 

Gaming PC: i5 8600k @ 4.8GHz | 16GB T-Force Delta RGB @ 3200Mhz | Asus Prime Z370-A | Sapphire Radeon VII (Dead :( ), RX480 8GB | EVGA SuperNova 750 G2 | 120GB Sandisk SSD Plus, 120GB Kingston A400 | 4TB Seagate 7200RPM , 1TB WD Blue 7200RPM | Phanteks P400 | Windows 10, MacOS Catalina

Second PC: i5 3340s @ 2.8GHz | 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1333MHz | EVGA 750Ti SC | Cheap £7 250GB WD HDD | Windows 7

Laptop: Late 2009 MacBook (Core 2 Duo, 4GB Ram, 120GB SSD, 9400m, running Mojave) , Late 2013 MacBook Pro Retina (i5, 4GB Ram, 128GB SSD)

Consoles: Xbox One, PS4 Slim, PS3 slim, Xbox 360 fat still going strong after almost 10 years, Original Xbox, PS2, PS1

Phone: Realme 6, Xiaomi Mi A2, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4x, iPhone 6s (jailbroken)

Tablet: iPad Mini 2nd Gen Retina (Jailbroken)

Headphones:  Hifiman HE4xx, Phillips Fidelio X2, Status Audio CB-1,  Fiio E10k DAC, Schiit Magni 3+, Tin T2 IEM's, Astrotec S80

Keyboards:  2x Custom 60% - 1x Gateron Yellow, 1x Box Reds

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22 minutes ago, Pierre Dabrunst said:

Okay I am not the best person to know if my PSU has enough wattage to run my setup....

 

PSU: Corsair CX600

 

CPU: Core i3 4150 (stock speeds)

GPU:  MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC (black edition, not TwinForce)

Storage: 2x120GB Kingston SSD (RAID-0 if anyone cares) and a 1TB WD Black 7200RPM

RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 PC12800/1600MHz CL9 LP 2x4GB

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5 Socket 1150

 

Is my PSU enough to run my system at full load? I am going to do some video editing on it and streaming as well.

Yes, I know. My CPU will be a bottleneck for those tasks but I don't stream at 1080p or make videos in 1080p.  I use 1080p but scaling down to 720p.

An i3 and 760 might consume 200W if you tried.

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2 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

An i3 and 760 might consume 200W if you tried.

Wow....  I thought it was going to be much higher...

Well, I do the LinusTechTips way.  Go overkill or go home :D

CPU: Intel Core i3 4150 3.5GHz Socket 1150 GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5

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