[SOLVED] Is it enough?

WolfSRB

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I currently have a 600W power supply rated at 75% efficiency it's a Cooler Master 600W ELITE V3. Will it be enough to power the following components:
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600x
  • AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB (Sapphire pulse)
  • Asus prime b450 plus
  • G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz
  • A 7200RPM SATA 1 TB HDD
  • Patriot Scorch M.2 NVME SSD 128GB
  • and a couple of rgb case fans
On pcpartpicker the system wattage is around 460W.
 
Serbia xd, is the ps rly that bad?
It's really that bad, its based on an ancient design (a type of flyback?) And shouldn't be used by anything more then scrap parts, if that. Any dedicated gpu is out of the question.

Look for a seasonic core gc 500w, the fan on it isn't great, but everything looks alright for the most part, this is what I'd go for.
The chieftec proton may be an option, it's inrush current is a tad high, so if your circuit is weak, it may trip it. Its hold up time is also quite low1 only 12ms , so if you have a short blackout, the psu will likely turn off.
The last option, and not the recommended option, would be the old seasonic s12II 520. It's group regulated and as such you will need to disable the c6/c7 sleep states in your bios to run without issues.
 
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WolfSRB

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Look for a seasonic core gc 500w, the fan on it isn't great, but everything looks alright for the most part, this is what I'd go for.
The chieftec proton may be an option, it's inrush current is a tad high, so if your circuit is weak, it may trip it. Its hold up time is also quite low1 only 12ms , so if you have a short blackout, the psu will likely turn off.
The last option, and not the recommended option, would be the old seasonic s12II 520. It's group regulated and as such you will need to disable the c6/c7 sleep states in your bios to run without issues.
But doesnt a ps need like 100W headroom? And like that ps has a 80 plus gold so its 90% efficient, so 90% of 500 is 450, same as 75% of 600
 
But doesnt a ps need like 100W headroom? And like that ps has a 80 plus gold so its 90% efficient, so 90% of 500 is 450, same as 75% of 600
The efficiency is how well the psu uses the power. A 500w unit that is 90% efficient will take 550w from the wall, where as a 75% efficient 500w unit will take 660W from the wall.

What is important with the psu wattage is the power on the 12v rail, the cpu is 65w, and the gpu peaks at 225w, add some random components and peak usage will be around 350-400w on the 12v rail. Other components will use the 5 and 3.3v rails so that's not really a worry anymore. i personally don't like going past 75% peak usage, but a quality unit will be fine under full load.