Is my friend telling me to spend more than want to?

[scallop]

I have a list on PC Part Picker https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/kFrgr6 (prices are in AUD, not USD)

 

As a first time build, i sent this link to my friend who recently built his, however he is telling me i need a beefier PSU, and that i need at the very least 650W, rather than what i have.

 

Is my current list fine or should i gun for a higher wattage PSU. What should i tell my friend?

 

Thanks in advance. 

 

 

[dcgreen2k]

The 550 watt power supply is fine.

[Quadriplegic]

Will you try to beat overclocking records? 
If not, 550W will be plenty.

[TVwazhere]

1 minute ago, scallop said:

As a first time build, i sent this link to my friend who recently built his, however he is telling me i need a beefier PSU, and that i need at the very least 650W, rather than what i have.

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Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold

You're totally fine. "More wattage is better or needed" is a common misconception. Your PSU is also a good quality unit which is more important than having more watts

[scallop]

Just now, Quadriplegic said:

Will you try to beat overclocking records? 
If not, 550W will be plenty.

I don't know how to do any overclocking haha. That's what i thought too, (i even used the cooler master PSU calculator thing) But by friend still messaged me telling me i should overcompensate. I really don't want to spend more than what i have already though. 

[ZeouLs]

5 minutes ago, scallop said:

I don't know how to do any overclocking haha. That's what i thought too, (i even used the cooler master PSU calculator thing) But by friend still messaged me telling me i should overcompensate. I really don't want to spend more than what i have already though. 

He is telling trash, 550W is enough, you could run a stock threadripper with that much power

[manikyath]

if you keep everything at stock clocks, i've found PCPP's psu calculator to be surprisingly accurate.

 

also, unrelated word of warning, if the antennas on the picture of the wireless card are all it ship with, you will most likely have terrible wireless signal.

[scallop]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

if you keep everything at stock clocks, i've found PCPP's psu calculator to be surprisingly accurate.

 

also, unrelated word of warning, if the antennas on the picture of the wireless card are all it ship with, you will most likely have terrible wireless signal.

Thanks, for the warning, do you have any wireless card recommendations? i sort of just picked one at random haha

[manikyath]

Just now, scallop said:

Thanks, for the warning, do you have any wireless card recommendations? i sort of just picked one at random haha

they all suck in different ways.

[SupersonicSaint]

47 minutes ago, scallop said:

I have a list on PC Part Picker https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/kFrgr6 (prices are in AUD, not USD)

 

As a first time build, i sent this link to my friend who recently built his, however he is telling me i need a beefier PSU, and that i need at the very least 650W, rather than what i have.

 

Is my current list fine or should i gun for a higher wattage PSU. What should i tell my friend?

 

Thanks in advance. 

 

 

As everyones said. 550w is enough. I have 750 but only because I never want to change it. It isn't needed.

[manikyath]

Just now, SupersonicSaint said:

As everyones said. 550w is enough. I have 750 but only because I never want to change it. It isn't needed.

i got 750W to be able to upgrade to SLI if i'd want to.. turns out 550 would actually be enough for that

[scallop]

Just now, SupersonicSaint said:

As everyones said. 550w is enough. I have 750 but only because I never want to change it. It isn't needed.

thanks for the reply haha

[paddy-stone]

OP, you could get the 970 evo for 13 AUS$ more  https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/dkHRsY/samsung-970-evo-250gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-mz-v7e250bw

[scallop]

1 minute ago, paddy-stone said:

OP, you could get the 970 evo for 13 AUS$ more  https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/dkHRsY/samsung-970-evo-250gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-mz-v7e250bw

is there really that much of a difference

[paddy-stone]

1 minute ago, scallop said:

is there really that much of a difference

Pretty sizeable for sequential reads and writes and TBW, real world probably not that much, but for 13 dollars I personally would take it, that's up to you of course.

[seon123]

The Earthwatts Gold Pro 550W is available for $99. The 750W costs just $2 more, for whatever reason. It's a Seasonic Focus rebrand, so it's a well reviewed and well performing unit. 

The B450-A uses the same VRM as the B450 Tomahawk, and it's a bit cheaper. 

Using an NVMe SSD won't help with Windows boot times or game launch times, compared to a good SATA SSD, like the $85 MX500. The $129 500GB version would cost the same as the 960. 

With an RX 580, the power draw should only be about 350W. 

[Zando_]

I run an R7 2700X and GTX 1080 off a 550W PSU, you should be perfectly fine. 

[STRMfrmXMN]

13 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

Pretty sizeable for sequential reads and writes and TBW, real world probably not that much, but for 13 dollars I personally would take it, that's up to you of course.

 

13 hours ago, scallop said:

is there really that much of a difference

It literally doesn't even make sense for OP to pay the price premium for an M.2 NVMe SSD. A SATA SSD is more than fine and won't have any thermal issues to worry about while also having a more standard connection type. 

 

M.2 SSDs actually ADD boot time, one of the things SSDs set out to defeat, so I just don't even recommend them unless they're used for humongous file transfers or the like. Even for those their benefit is limited because of cache.

 

Just get a Crucial MX500 SATA SSD or any other equivalent SATA SSD and call it a day.

[paddy-stone]

11 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

 

It literally doesn't even make sense for OP to pay the price premium for an M.2 NVMe SSD. A SATA SSD is more than fine and won't have any thermal issues to worry about while also having a more standard connection type. 

 

M.2 SSDs actually ADD boot time, one of the things SSDs set out to defeat, so I just don't even recommend them unless they're used for humongous file transfers or the like. Even for those their benefit is limited because of cache.

 

Just get a Crucial MX500 SATA SSD or any other equivalent SATA SSD and call it a day.

OK, just to clarify I wasn't talking about differencesd between SATA and NVME, the OP had chosen a Samsung 960EVO, and I was saying if he was going to buy that it MIGHT be worth getting the newer 970Evo instead.

[geo3]

lol I'm running a beefier system than that on a 450w.  You're fine.