Is 550w enough for r5 2600 and gtx 1060?

[zidane249860]

Will 550 watt psu enough for ryzen 5 2600 with gtx 1060 6gb, because the 2600 has the same tdp with 1600

[TheSLSAMG]

What 500W unit are we talking here?

 

500W is enough for a Ryzen 5 2600 and GTX 1060 6GB system (I use 550W with my i7 7700K/GTX 1080), but not all power supplies are created equal. Some PSUs are of poor or underwhelming quality, even ones from brands that we tend to trust.

[STRMfrmXMN]

500W is enough, but what 500W is it?

[zidane249860]

30 minutes ago, TheSLSAMG said:

What 500W unit are we talking here?

 

500W is enough for a Ryzen 5 2600 and GTX 1060 6GB system (I use 550W with my i7 7700K/GTX 1080), but not all power supplies are created equal. Some PSUs are of poor or underwhelming quality, even ones from brands that we tend to trust.

Sorry, i mean 550w

[zidane249860]

16 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

500W is enough, but what 500W is it?

It's 550w, not 500w sorry

[seon123]

29 minutes ago, zidane249860 said:

It's 550w, not 500w sorry

Which model?

[zidane249860]

9 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Which model?

I'm considering seasonic focus plus 550 gold fx-550

[Stefan Payne]

2 hours ago, zidane249860 said:

Will 550 watt psu enough for ryzen 5 2600 with gtx 1060 6gb, because the 2600 has the same tdp with 1600

No, you need a good quality one like Bitfenix Formula or Whisper M.

Maybe Cougar GX-F

 

550W is almost double of what you need, so you can even go for 450W...

[zidane249860]

5 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

No, you need a good quality one like Bitfenix Formula or Whisper M.

Maybe Cougar GX-F

 

550W is almost double of what you need, so you can even go for 450W...

Can i go for Seasonic? People said it's good.

 

So, can you say 500W is safe enough for 2600 and 1060?

[mariushm]

The cpu itself along with motherboard and ram will use maybe up to 100-125 watts.

A GTX 1060 uses up to around 120-130 watts.

 

When gaming, you're not going to go over 300-350w of power, so as long as it's a quality power supply, even a 450w psu would be suitable.

 

Seasonic power supplies are good, and 550w will be more than adequate.

[STRMfrmXMN]

9 hours ago, zidane249860 said:

I'm considering seasonic focus plus 550 gold fx-550

That's a good PSU and is plenty for you.

[zidane249860]

6 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

That's a good PSU and is plenty for you.

It should be enough to overclock the processor and the vga right?

[STRMfrmXMN]

53 minutes ago, zidane249860 said:

It should be enough to overclock the processor and the vga right?

Yes

[Coaxialgamer]

11 hours ago, zidane249860 said:

I'm considering seasonic focus plus 550 gold fx-550

That's a perfectly good unit. you'll be fine.

[Coaxialgamer]

9 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

No, you need a good quality one like Bitfenix Formula or Whisper M.

Maybe Cougar GX-F

 

550W is almost double of what you need, so you can even go for 450W...

seasonic makes some of the best PSUs out there....

[seon123]

1 minute ago, Coaxialgamer said:

seasonic makes some of the best PSUs out there....

According to...?

They outsource their PCBA, so they have worse QC than bigger OEMs. 

[awesomegamer919]

7 hours ago, Coaxialgamer said:

seasonic makes some of the best PSUs out there....

A massive portion of Seasonic units are outsourced... The best OEMs are the larger ones like Delta/Flextronics/LiteOn/FSP

 

[zidane249860]

3 hours ago, awesomegamer919 said:

A massive portion of Seasonic units are outsourced... The best OEMs are the larger ones like Delta/Flextronics/LiteOn/FSP

 

Okay, so here are the psu that available here:

550W: Corsair CX550M, Seasonic Focus Plus 550 Gold,

500W:Evga 500 BV, Coolermaster Masterwatt Lite 500, FSP Hydro 500W

 

I'm looking to PSU that has 3 molex, because my case has 3 fans using the molex cable

 

And also for psu that's enough for overclocking the 2600 and the 1060

[mariushm]

Molex connectors are ancient, you shouldn't base your decision on the number of such connectors. You can always buy adapters that can convert one SATA connector into 2 or more molex connectors, or adapters that can convert one motherboard fan headers into two fan headers , and there are adapters which can convert a molex connector to a fan connector, so you could plug your fans directly into your motherboard.

 

From that list of yours I'd go with the Seasonic model. Second choice would be the Corsair and then the FSP Hydro... the Coolermaster is meh and the evga is probably OK but if I remember correctly it's a budget, lower quality design inside.

 

Yeah, that's enough to overclock cpus and video cards, the ryzen processors don't use so much power. Like I said, they'll use less than 100-125 watts and your video card will use about the same when gaming, so you're looking at 250-300w at most when gaming.

 

examples : 

sata to 3 molex connectors adapter: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812123305&cm_re=sata_to_molex-_-12-123-305-_-Product

molex to 2 molex adapter cable: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119008&cm_re=molex_to_molex_adapter-_-12-119-008-_-Product

molex to fan connector (plug fan with only molex connector to motherboard header) : https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9F943Y0335&cm_re=molex_to_fan_adapter-_-9SIA9F943Y0335-_-Product

 

[STRMfrmXMN]

13 hours ago, zidane249860 said:

Okay, so here are the psu that available here:

550W: Corsair CX550M, Seasonic Focus Plus 550 Gold,

500W:Evga 500 BV, Coolermaster Masterwatt Lite 500, FSP Hydro 500W

 

I'm looking to PSU that has 3 molex, because my case has 3 fans using the molex cable

 

And also for psu that's enough for overclocking the 2600 and the 1060

The Seasonic is the best of those, followed by the Corsair.

[TriwinGR]

i want to build new PC and i dont know if 550watts is enough!

 

Here are my Components from the Computer that i want to build:

GPU: Gigabyte 1060 6gb Windforce 2 OC

CPU: Ryzen 5 2600

Ram: G.Skill 16GB 3000mhz

Motherboard: ASRock B450 PRO4 AMD AM4 ATX

PSU: Corsair CX550M 550watts Bronze

HDD: 2000GB Seagate BarraCuda

SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 250gb M.2

[mariushm]

It's enough.  Ryzen 2600 will consume up to 100-120 watts and GTX 1060 will consume up to around 125w and the rest of your computers won't use more than around 50w.

So overall your PC won't consume more than 300w when gaming or doing something very intensive.