How much Watts do I need.

[Nathan_116]

I am planning on buying a gtx 1070 with a i5-6600k, will 550 watts be enoough? Any reccommendations?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

If it's a decent 550w it's plenty of power.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Great deal here.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($47.78 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $47.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-09 15:14 EDT-0400

 

[Nathan_116]

Great deal here.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($47.78 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $47.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-09 15:14 EDT-0400

Damn that is a great deal, but here is the one I ordered https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00918MEZG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

That is the other one I was going to suggest , it's actually a better platform , Great Choice.

 

[Flyfisherman]

GTX 1070 reg. 500W PSU one 8-pin connector.
This is more than enough to power your machine.
Now this with some modification:

The power consumption of a graphics card is the sum of two powers:
the PCI-Express X16 power: up to 75W
PCI-Express power supply connectors:
up to 75W for the 6-pin version
up to 150W for the 8-pin version
So the max theoretical power consumption of a card can’t exceed 75+75+150 = 300W.

However follow SR-71 Blackbirds recommendation, it will give you some more room for future upgrades.

Best regards from Sweden

 

[Nathan_116]

That is the other one I was going to suggest , it's actually a better platform , Great Choice.

thank god, i was nervous i ordered something bad, thanks!

 

[Nathan_116]

GTX 1070 reg. 500W PSU one 8-pin connector.
This is more than enough to power your machine.
Now this with some modification:

The power consumption of a graphics card is the sum of two powers:
the PCI-Express X16 power: up to 75W
PCI-Express power supply connectors:
up to 75W for the 6-pin version
up to 150W for the 8-pin version
So the max theoretical power consumption of a card can’t exceed 75+75+150 = 300W.

However follow SR-71 Blackbirds recommendation, it will give you some more room for future upgrades.

Best regards from Sweden

Thank you very much for taking the time to explain! I understand a little better now it helps a lot! Thanks

 

[mjslakeridge]

You will be happy with the Seasonic G series. Bought one myself a couple of months ago. Quiet fan.

 

[Nathan_116]

You will be happy with the Seasonic G series. Bought one myself a couple of months ago. Quiet fan.

Perfect! love that to hear that news

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You made an excellent choice top power your setup.

 

[Nathan_116]

You made an excellent choice top power your setup.

Thank you! If you were curious here is my build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PB7Dm8 sadly i have already ordered 3 of the parts so I cant really change anything, but please! I would love to hear your input/opinions, anything you would change? Thanks!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Very very good choices!!!!!!!!

 

[mjslakeridge]

Nothing jumps out as being a bad choice. Nice large SSD, WD Black with 5 year warranty. See the note at the bottom of PC Partpicker about one SATA Port being disabled when the M2 SSD is installed. Not a problem, just figure out which SATA port is disabled and don't try to use it.

 

[superninja12]

You made an excellent choice top power your setup.

Thank you! If you were curious here is my build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PB7Dm8 sadly i have already ordered 3 of the parts so I cant really change anything, but please! I would love to hear your input/opinions, anything you would change? Thanks!

solid, nothing to improve, all quality parts.

 

[Nathan_116]

You made an excellent choice top power your setup.

Thank you! If you were curious here is my build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PB7Dm8 sadly i have already ordered 3 of the parts so I cant really change anything, but please! I would love to hear your input/opinions, anything you would change? Thanks!

solid, nothing to improve, all quality parts.

Awesome! I actually got help from people on here deciding what parts to get ! So im glad to see they are reliable

 

[Nathan_116]

Nothing jumps out as being a bad choice. Nice large SSD, WD Black with 5 year warranty. See the note at the bottom of PC Partpicker about one SATA Port being disabled when the M2 SSD is installed. Not a problem, just figure out which SATA port is disabled and don't try to use it.

Awesome thanks! And yeah i was confused I have no clue what that is still, will it be an issue? and what is a "SATA port" and what if I do/don't use it?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Sata Ports on the board are used by storage and optical devices.

 

[mjslakeridge]

A SATA port on your motherboard is where you will connect a SSD, HDD or DVD drive. Your motherboard manual should specify which SATA port will be disabled when you connect the M.2 SSD. If it doesn't specify, just try different sata ports to connect the storage drives/dvd drives, and make your self a note of this issue so you don't freak out if a HDD isn't recognized when you first try to boot up and a drive isn't recognized.

 

[Nathan_116]

A SATA port on your motherboard is where you will connect a SSD, HDD or DVD drive. Your motherboard manual should specify which SATA port will be disabled when you connect the M.2 SSD. If it doesn't specify, just try different sata ports to connect the storage drives/dvd drives, and make your self a note of this issue so you don't freak out if a HDD isn't recognized when you first try to boot up and a drive isn't recognized.

Thanks that helped. I will need to remember this so that way I dont go insane if it doesn't work, as you stated.

 

[mjslakeridge]

My guess is that the motherboard manual will specify which SATA port is disabled when the M.2 slot is populated.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It's in the online manual and printed manual.

 

[Nathan_116]

It's in the online manual and printed manual.

Great to here, thanks a lot both of you!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

We are glad to help!