Antec Earthwatts 430W PS adequate for this setup?

[geepondy]

Am trying to figure out a cost effective upgrade utilizing what I have of which not much can be used. Am thinking of roughly the following components:

CPU: I5-7600K (will not overclock it)
GPU: AMD Radeon 480 (not etched in stone)
MB, unknown
Memory 16 GB
1 SSD, 2 regular HDDs and one DVD writer

I currently have an AMD Phenom II setup and my main reason for upgrading is for improved video and photo editing capabilities but I may get into some gaming again. It seems for video editing, I read you don't need a top of the line video card so it seems the Radeon 480 would be suitable but also allow for some gaming. I was wondering if my tried and true Antec Earthwatts 430W powersupply would still suffice for above or something similar configuration? The specs say it puts out 17A on both the 12V V1 and V2 rails. Is there a better video card choice that has a good balance of power, price and power consumption?

 

[FD2Raptor]

The unlocked 7600k draws up to 30% more power than its non-K equivalent (slightly more than the locked i7 7700, while only offering 100Mhz more boost clock than the locked i5 7600), and would require an aftermarket cooler as well (since no unlocked Intel CPU of the LGA1151 socket come with the Intel stock cooler).

Maximum (torture test) power draw: ~100W on the 7600k + ~180W on the RX 480.

While I would say that a new Antec Earthwatts 430W should still manage to do the job, an old ones may not be able to take on that kind of stress (avg power draw is one thing, GPU with their ability to "boost" meaning that there are frequently spikes that is easily 50% more than the avg power draw).

Personally, unless you're on a very tight budget, the Seasonic S12II 520/620W is just $47-49@ Newegg right now.

A config that would probably be the best balancing your budget would be the S12II 620W (if possible since it's just $2 more than the 520W version), a Z270 motherboard if possible (to expand your upgrade options down the road; otherwise, a B250/H270 based on your budget so that it support Kabylake CPU from the get-go; knowing that only a Z board give you the option to overclock the unlocked CPU and 100 Series MBs are only Kabylake-compatible if they have their latest BIOS update) and the locked i5 7600 instead (the CPU itself is cheaper, the total platform cost is cheaper and you wouldn't have to spend another ~$20-30 for a CPU cooler).

Is there a better video card choice that has a good balance of power, price and power consumption?

GTX 1060 averaged ~120W on tortured test, and their CUDA cores is supported in certain video/image editing softwares to accelerate rendering (you should check the specifics of your softwares before deciding to go with RX or GTX).

 

[Chocolate Columbo]

I have a very similar system, same CPU and GPU, and I'm using an EVGA 500W PSU. 500W is plenty, even when moderately overclocking at around 4.5 Ghz. I would get at least a 500W from a reliable company. That should be more than enough.

 

[geepondy]

Thank you for the sage advice. I was hoping to leave everything that I could intact in the case and just change what I need to but I realize that not even the case is sufficient, at least not if I want to port USB3 headers to the front panel. It's sad that AMD is not really a viable choice anymore. I got a lot of mileage out of the AM2 motherboard and the three processors I put in it.