Enough Watts for this build?

[Karolotopia]

I Have a 550W powersupply from corsair its the VS550 and im wondering of thats enough to run this pc

I5 8600k
GTX 950
Z370-P mobo
16gb Ram
3 Case Fans
2 monitors
gaming mouse and keyboard.

Thanks

 

[Cioby]

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer, in the future you might need more and the price difference isn't high, but the work of putting all the cables all over again, is a pain. And also make sure it's a gold PSU at least, it protects your parts from surges and stuff and gives you power, why not put 20$ more?

 

[Karolotopia]

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer, in the future you might need more and the price difference isn't high, but the work of putting all the cables all over again, is a pain. And also make sure it's a gold PSU at least, it protects your parts from surges and stuff and gives you power, why not put 20$ more?

I dont have enough money for the new psu rn i just bought all those parts and i forgot to check if the wattage was good but maybe next 3-4 weeks ill purchase a new psu

 

[WildCard999]

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer, in the future you might need more and the price difference isn't high, but the work of putting all the cables all over again, is a pain. And also make sure it's a gold PSU at least, it protects your parts from surges and stuff and gives you power, why not put 20$ more?

The efficency ratings don't determine quality of the PSU, I've seen better quality bronze units I'd take over a gold unit.

As for the OP's question it is enough but I would avoid overclocking or getting a better GPU without buying a better PSU as the VS series are poor quality and the last thing you want to do is fry your system or destroy a new GPU.

 

[Karolotopia]

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer, in the future you might need more and the price difference isn't high, but the work of putting all the cables all over again, is a pain. And also make sure it's a gold PSU at least, it protects your parts from surges and stuff and gives you power, why not put 20$ more?

The efficency ratings don't determine quality of the PSU, I've seen better quality bronze units I'd take over a gold unit.

As for the OP's question it is enough but I would avoid overclocking or getting a better GPU without buying a better PSU as the VS series are poor quality and the last thing you want to do is fry your system or destroy a new GPU.

not gonna buy a gpu anytime soon or overclock it or the cpu until i get a better psu im just wondering if it would work for the time being until i do get a better psu

 

[WildCard999]

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer, in the future you might need more and the price difference isn't high, but the work of putting all the cables all over again, is a pain. And also make sure it's a gold PSU at least, it protects your parts from surges and stuff and gives you power, why not put 20$ more?

The efficency ratings don't determine quality of the PSU, I've seen better quality bronze units I'd take over a gold unit.

As for the OP's question it is enough but I would avoid overclocking or getting a better GPU without buying a better PSU as the VS series are poor quality and the last thing you want to do is fry your system or destroy a new GPU.

not gonna buy a gpu anytime soon or overclock it or the cpu until i get a better psu im just wondering if it would work for the time being until i do get a better psu

Yes it will be fine for now.

 

[Karolotopia]

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer, in the future you might need more and the price difference isn't high, but the work of putting all the cables all over again, is a pain. And also make sure it's a gold PSU at least, it protects your parts from surges and stuff and gives you power, why not put 20$ more?

The efficency ratings don't determine quality of the PSU, I've seen better quality bronze units I'd take over a gold unit.

As for the OP's question it is enough but I would avoid overclocking or getting a better GPU without buying a better PSU as the VS series are poor quality and the last thing you want to do is fry your system or destroy a new GPU.

not gonna buy a gpu anytime soon or overclock it or the cpu until i get a better psu im just wondering if it would work for the time being until i do get a better psu

Yes it will be fine for now.

just for future refrence what psu would you recommend (750W)

 

[Cioby]

As I said in the previous message, it's okay. 100%
The only way it wouldn't be okay is if it's missing some cables which from what I read, isn't an issue. Or if it's a bad quality/faulty PSU. But that means you're very unlucky, just put them together and run it, should work fine.

 

[WildCard999]

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer, in the future you might need more and the price difference isn't high, but the work of putting all the cables all over again, is a pain. And also make sure it's a gold PSU at least, it protects your parts from surges and stuff and gives you power, why not put 20$ more?

The efficency ratings don't determine quality of the PSU, I've seen better quality bronze units I'd take over a gold unit.

As for the OP's question it is enough but I would avoid overclocking or getting a better GPU without buying a better PSU as the VS series are poor quality and the last thing you want to do is fry your system or destroy a new GPU.

not gonna buy a gpu anytime soon or overclock it or the cpu until i get a better psu im just wondering if it would work for the time being until i do get a better psu

Yes it will be fine for now.

just for future refrence what psu would you recommend (750W)

You don't need such a high wattage PSU, a good quality 550W (650W if you want some overhead) is more then enough for overclocking/upgrades. A budget option would be the Corsair CXM or a better quality unit is the Seasonic Focus.

 

[Karolotopia]

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer, in the future you might need more and the price difference isn't high, but the work of putting all the cables all over again, is a pain. And also make sure it's a gold PSU at least, it protects your parts from surges and stuff and gives you power, why not put 20$ more?

The efficency ratings don't determine quality of the PSU, I've seen better quality bronze units I'd take over a gold unit.

As for the OP's question it is enough but I would avoid overclocking or getting a better GPU without buying a better PSU as the VS series are poor quality and the last thing you want to do is fry your system or destroy a new GPU.

not gonna buy a gpu anytime soon or overclock it or the cpu until i get a better psu im just wondering if it would work for the time being until i do get a better psu

Yes it will be fine for now.

just for future refrence what psu would you recommend (750W)

You don't need such a high wattage PSU, a good quality 550W (650W if you want some overhead) is more then enough for overclocking/upgrades. A budget option would be the Corsair CXM or a better quality unit is the Seasonic Focus.

I want a 750 watt so that i have alot of overhead and maybe future sli/crossfire I was looking at the corsair powersupplys and the RM750x caught my eye,might save up some money for that or is that a bad choice

 

[Cioby]

I prefer EVGA and Corsair had some issues with some models around the time I bought my upgrade. So for me, they are a no-no even tho people say they got better again. The only bad thing that's also good cause your cables are safe and will last longer, is the fact that the cables are huge and well protected, so you need a case with a lot of space on the back if you want to hide them or make good cable management. Also they have good customer service and 10 years warranty. For SLI you might need more, depends on what Nvidia does in the future, this Pascal generation the power consumption went way lower, but we don't know in the future, that's why I explained previously.

 

[Karolotopia]

I prefer EVGA and Corsair had some issues with some models around the time I bought my upgrade. So for me, they are a no-no even tho people say they got better again. The only bad thing that's also good cause your cables are safe and will last longer, is the fact that the cables are huge and well protected, so you need a case with a lot of space on the back if you want to hide them or make good cable management. Also they have good customer service and 10 years warranty. For SLI you might need more, depends on what Nvidia does in the future, this Pascal generation the power consumption went way lower, but we don't know in the future, that's why I explained previously.

any evga psu you would reccomend?

 

[Cioby]

I am using the 850W EVGA G2 Supernova. So just get something like that or even 750W. But for now your 550W should run with no issues, The 950 has a PSU requirement of 350W. If you have more money you can ask around if the platinum or titanium is worth it. For me, it's silent, has good cables for anything I want (I am using 2 SSDs and 3 HDDs, 4 Noctua coolers, etc.) and has 10 years warranty.

 

[Karadjgne]

With a VS, I'm going to assume you are not in US. That said, there's a good chance that that VS is actually one of the better budget psus available. You only need a decent 350w psu to run a gtx 950 and even bumping up to a gtx1060 will only increase that to 450w. So for a stock demand system, that VS is fine. Just don't try to overclock the cpu/gpu much if any, or that'll change demands, not just wattage output.

SLI with a 950 is pointless, you'll still have just 2Gb of vram, so the added capabilities (70% at absolute best, 0% worst) realistically won't be used. While the Corsair RMx750 is one of the best psus on the market, it's totally overkill for any system you put together short of sli 970's, which is pretty much beat up by a decent 1080 single card in a bunch of popular games.

The far cheaper RMx550w or Seasonic Focus Plus 550w would be a far better choice, it'll easily handle any OC you can put on that i5 and any single card less than a gtx1080ti. For amd gpus add 100w.