Hey guys! It's been a while since I've built a full tower and I know the power needs of a lot of things have gone down, so here's the rundown of the setup I'm looking at...
The New GTX-1060 is a RIDICULOUS value for what you get! So, I have essentially based my entire build around this graphics card. Yes, I know there are better cards out there, but for a build on a budget, you really can't go wrong with the 1060 right now.
I am also looking at an Intel I5 6600K series processor, with a Gigabyte 1151 socket Motherboard with a built-in wireless/bluetooth card.
I am looking to get 8-16 gigs of DDR4 RAM for this setup (First 8, and then 16 in a few weeks).
The Case I ordered is a DIYPC Gamemax-w Full tower case. The case comes with 5 120mm fans, as well as some simply LED effects.
I will be running a 500-1000GB SSD HD for now, but may be adding an m.2 harddrive to speed up certain processes and boot time in the future. But the SSD will be the main storage drive.
The case I ordered came with a 650w Bronze rated Power supply. I have calculated the Wattage needs of this setup on a few different sites and have gotten anywhere from 300w up to 659w.
I have had a few other friends who are computer savvy tell me I should be able to just barely run this setup as long as I do not plan to overclock or add anything else before upgrading the power supply.
There are both 800w and 900w Power supplies on sale at the local computer store in my town, but as I said before, I'm on a budget, so if I can run what I have, that would be best for my wallet, but I'd rather not burn out a CPU over $50 either...
Does anyone have any advice at this point in time? I am leaning towards just waiting until I can afford a larger power supply, but I'm not really wanting to have basically wasted money on the first power supply, since the return fee is almost half the value of the entire power supply I got.
Thanks in advance for any help!
The New GTX-1060 is a RIDICULOUS value for what you get! So, I have essentially based my entire build around this graphics card. Yes, I know there are better cards out there, but for a build on a budget, you really can't go wrong with the 1060 right now.
I am also looking at an Intel I5 6600K series processor, with a Gigabyte 1151 socket Motherboard with a built-in wireless/bluetooth card.
I am looking to get 8-16 gigs of DDR4 RAM for this setup (First 8, and then 16 in a few weeks).
The Case I ordered is a DIYPC Gamemax-w Full tower case. The case comes with 5 120mm fans, as well as some simply LED effects.
I will be running a 500-1000GB SSD HD for now, but may be adding an m.2 harddrive to speed up certain processes and boot time in the future. But the SSD will be the main storage drive.
The case I ordered came with a 650w Bronze rated Power supply. I have calculated the Wattage needs of this setup on a few different sites and have gotten anywhere from 300w up to 659w.
I have had a few other friends who are computer savvy tell me I should be able to just barely run this setup as long as I do not plan to overclock or add anything else before upgrading the power supply.
There are both 800w and 900w Power supplies on sale at the local computer store in my town, but as I said before, I'm on a budget, so if I can run what I have, that would be best for my wallet, but I'd rather not burn out a CPU over $50 either...
Does anyone have any advice at this point in time? I am leaning towards just waiting until I can afford a larger power supply, but I'm not really wanting to have basically wasted money on the first power supply, since the return fee is almost half the value of the entire power supply I got.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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