Is 500 watt psu enough?

[Wave Edits]

hey guys, im going to be overclocking an amd 8320 to the speed of a stock 8350, and overclocking an msi r9 270 to the speeds of a ref. 270x. Will 500 watts be enough? i will not oc any further on these chips and i want to keep my costs down so i want to get the minimum wattage that would be required to safely run these parts on slight overclocks.

 

[Azn Cracker]

500 watts if it is a good psu brand. what is your psu exactly?

If it's a cheapo one then it might catch on fire

 

[Wave Edits]

500 watts if it is a good psu brand. what is your psu exactly?

If it's a cheapo one then it might catch on fire

lol well i hope it doesn't catch on fire, but i have the Corsair CX Series 500 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Bronze ATX12V/EPS12V 456 Power Supply CX500M. I think this is a pretty reputable psu but im yet new to the whole pc building scene (this is for my first build)

 

[AgentTran]

The CX500 will provide you the power you require, but it isn't the most reliable supply you can buy.
Feel free and overclock though, you should have decent headroom.

 

[Azn Cracker]

yea thats a good psu and will not catch on fire. If you had a coolmax or diablotek then yea they will fry

 

[Wave Edits]

The CX500 will provide you the power you require, but it isn't the most reliable supply you can buy.
Feel free and overclock though, you should have decent headroom.

any other psu you would recommend for absolutely no more than the one i mentioned? i havent bought it yet.

 

[Azn Cracker]

The CX500 will provide you the power you require, but it isn't the most reliable supply you can buy.
Feel free and overclock though, you should have decent headroom.

any other psu you would recommend for absolutely no more than the one i mentioned? i havent bought it yet.

THe corsair builder series is usually the way to go on a budget. There are also other ones like the antec neo. I would just get whatever is on sale that is a from a good brand.

 

[AgentTran]

The CX500 will provide you the power you require, but it isn't the most reliable supply you can buy.
Feel free and overclock though, you should have decent headroom.

any other psu you would recommend for absolutely no more than the one i mentioned? i havent bought it yet.

Current CX500:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $49.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

(with mail-in-rebates)

Here's something I would recommend. It isn't absolutely no more, but who can't spare an extra $5 for a component that might save $1000 of other components?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.48 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $55.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available