[SOLVED] Is a 450 watt corsair powersupply enough for a 1660ti and i5 7400

[Xlr8-_-]

Hi Everyone my little cousin is wanting to upgrade his PC he has a gtx 1050 and a 4560 Pentium and wants to put in an i5 7400 and a gtx 1660ti is a 450 watt power supply enough?

 

[SHMILY]

I think it is enough. But I think i5 7400 is a little weak. How about i5 8400?

 

[Xlr8-_-]

I think it is enough. But I think i5 7400 is a little weak. How about i5 8400?

I think his motherboard dosent support 8th gen cpus because that is what i wanted to go with

 

[SHMILY]

I think his motherboard dosent support 8th gen cpus because that is what i wanted to go with

MaY I know your motherboard type? I have using H110/H310H with i3 8100 and DDR3 16G

 

[Xlr8-_-]

its an Asus Prime B250M-K

 

[SHMILY]

Unfortunately, I went to ASUS.COM and saw that it couldn't support 8th. I do not like i5 7400. Because it seems like i3-8100

 

[Xlr8-_-]

Unfortunately, I went to ASUS.COM and saw that it couldn't support 8th. I do not like i5 7400. Because it seems like i3-8100

its the only option he really has because the i7 7700 is $500 in Australia and the i5 is $300 and he doesn't have enough money to buy a whole new motherboard and cpu

 

[Vic 40]

Nothing used available? Can understand you don't want to upgrade a whole platform,but $300 is alot of money for just a cpu.

Already better,but because of ram more expensive,
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($187.39 @ Amazon Australia)
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($109.00 @ Umart)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($78.10 @ Newegg Australia)
Total: $374.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-04 00:03 AEDT+1100
He could try and get some money back by selling the old parts.

Don't know what the gtx 1660 ti costs,maybe you might look at something else there? Can understand you want that though.

 

[Xlr8-_-]

Nothing used available? Can understand you don't want to upgrade a whole platform,but $300 is alot of money for just a cpu.

Already better,but because of ram more expensive,
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($187.39 @ Amazon Australia)
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($109.00 @ Umart)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($78.10 @ Newegg Australia)
Total: $374.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-04 00:03 AEDT+1100
He could try and get some money back by selling the old parts.

Don't know what the gtx 1660 ti costs,maybe you might look at something else there? Can understand you want that though.

Ive taken your advise and done a whole bunch of searching and have gone with the i 8100 and new motherboard because it can be cheaper than just the i5 7400 Cheers

 

[SHMILY]

I am from China. But I see the i3/i5 8th is cheaper than 7th in many countries.

If he wanna replace the whole platform， I think he can also think about AMD Ryzen 1700/2600x. AMD YES. HHHHH

 

[Vic 40]

Yes true,the AMD Ryzen 2200G is also an option and just a little cheaper with a decent B450 motherboard. With the Ryzen 3xxx coming this year maybe even a better alternative,but the i3 8100 will still do a good job with the 1660 ti.

This is also a still decent upgrade to the old system,
Brand new INTEL i7 7th Gen 7700 3.6Ghz Processor | Components | Gumtree Australia Brisbane South West - Calamvale | 1211571809
but imo only i the old has a decent motherboard and like 16gb of ram of minimal 1600mhz speed.