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KingCeszar
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I'm using a PSU Calculator and estimating all that I have and what I plan on adding on which is extra ram to bump what I have to 32gb's another fan for my cpu cooler and the Elgato Pro internal recorder.. What the calculator estimates that i'll be using 631watts of my 650 and thats w/OUT the Elgato. Do I need to get 750psu to compensate?

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PSU calculators are inaccurate and I don't suggest them. What are your specs? Will you be overclocking?

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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080G1 Gaming 8G

i7 8700k

LG WH16NS40 16X Blu-ray

Samsung 860 EVO 250GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD

Seagate 4TB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive

Seagate 2TB FireCuda Gaming SSHD (Solid State Hybrid Drive)

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CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000

Noctua CPU Cooler [NH-U12S]

all powered by the EVGA 650watt psu

Now I want to add an Extra fan for the CPU Cooler another corsair vengenance 16gb and the Elgato Pro internal recorder will that work with the present psu?

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51 minutes ago, Gedgn said:

PSU calculators are inaccurate and I don't suggest them. What are your specs? Will you be overclocking?

i'm just overclocking the cpu and it isn't by much. it's running at 4.1 and that's as far as I plan to clock it using the basic settings in my MOBO

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11 minutes ago, KingCeszar said:

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080G1 Gaming 8G

i7 8700k

LG WH16NS40 16X Blu-ray

Samsung 860 EVO 250GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD

Seagate 4TB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive

Seagate 2TB FireCuda Gaming SSHD (Solid State Hybrid Drive)

GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel Z370 (Wi-Fi AC) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX ...

CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000

Noctua CPU Cooler [NH-U12S]

all powered by the EVGA 650watt psu

Now I want to add an Extra fan for the CPU Cooler another corsair vengenance 16gb and the Elgato Pro internal recorder will that work with the present psu?

all these sounds fine on a good 650W PSU, unless you're running SLI (even then, you're most likely fine with 650W)

-sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately

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1 hour ago, KingCeszar said:

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080G1 Gaming 8G

i7 8700k

LG WH16NS40 16X Blu-ray

Samsung 860 EVO 250GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD

Seagate 4TB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive

Seagate 2TB FireCuda Gaming SSHD (Solid State Hybrid Drive)

GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel Z370 (Wi-Fi AC) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX ...

CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000

Noctua CPU Cooler [NH-U12S]

all powered by the EVGA 650watt psu

Now I want to add an Extra fan for the CPU Cooler another corsair vengenance 16gb and the Elgato Pro internal recorder will that work with the present psu?

That'll be fine even out a good 550W PSU.

 

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1 minute ago, KingCeszar said:

@Moonzy/LienusLateTips

Awesome... Thanks for letting me know that I was really concerned my psu couldn't handle any kind of upgrade and its a EVGA 650 GQ 210-GQ-0650-V1 80+ GOLD 650W Modular EVGA ECO Mode Power Supply

 

 

Yeah, that's a good beefy unit. Will be fine.

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Helpful Links: PSU Tier List | Why not group reg? | Avoid the EVGA G3

Helios EVO (Main Desktop) Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W

 

Delta (Laptop) | Galaxy S21 Ultra | Pacific Spirit XT (Server)

Full Specs

Spoiler

 

Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

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Delta - Laptop

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23 minutes ago, KingCeszar said:

@Moonzy/LienusLateTips

Awesome... Thanks for letting me know that I was really concerned my psu couldn't handle any kind of upgrade and its a EVGA 650 GQ 210-GQ-0650-V1 80+ GOLD 650W Modular EVGA ECO Mode Power Supply

 

 

That'll do fine. Your system will draw under 300W without overclocking and with OC that you suggest you'll do, about 300W I would wager a guess.

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3 hours ago, KingCeszar said:

I'm using a PSU Calculator

That is your mistake...

A pencil, piece of paper and 5min of your time would deliver better results than those...

3 hours ago, KingCeszar said:

and estimating

Well, you could also roll the dice, would be similarly accurate as PSU calculators...

 

3 hours ago, KingCeszar said:

all that I have and what I plan on adding on which is extra ram to bump what I have to 32gb's another fan for my cpu cooler and the Elgato Pro internal recorder.. What the calculator estimates that i'll be using 631watts of my 650 and thats w/OUT the Elgato. Do I need to get 750psu to compensate?

No, you need to tell us what components you are talking about and we make a more accurate estimate than this random Web Thingy does...

 

But the Hardware you've posted would even work with a 450W PSU, though 550W is recommended. No need for 650W...

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