More power required for the build?

moonbea5t

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I have the following build -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($52.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Logisys CS369BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $792.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-31 15:12 EDT-0400

Estimated Wattage for the build : 333W

My case offers a 480W power supply that comes with it. I was wondering if I would require anymore power or would 480W suffice the purpose? I do not plan on overclocking.
 

DSzymborski

Curmudgeon Pursuivant
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While you can squeeze by with a 480W power supply, you're not going to squeeze by with *that* power supply. Logisys is just about the worst of the worst. I'd call it a paperweight, but paperweights are actually heavy, so it would suck at that too.

The case itself isn't that good either - the Logisys ones are generally cheap, thin, and plastic-y. Something like this would be far better:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $99.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-31 15:23 EDT-0400

If you can't increase your budget to get a proper PSU in there, then downgrade the i5 or downgrade to a GTX 960 or ditch the SSD. Having a competent power supply is the corner you *don't* cut on a gaming PC.