PSU for OC

[noobinatuh]

I'm getting a i5-4690k with a Radeon R9 380 and I plan to OC. How many watts should be more than enough to make this work and is the Corsair CX 600w 80+ Bronze Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply good enough? If not, which PSU would be the best for these parts with the budget of under $60?

 

[N3rdR4ge]

corsair cx power supplies are junk. for a 380 oc system you want 650w+.

pick a tier 1 or tier 2 psu from here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

you'll notice cx all the way down in tier 4.

This is currently the best tier 2 deal:
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr
$44.99 after $30 mail in rebate.

This is the best tier 2 deal without rebate:
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-ea650green
$66.99

 

[DonkeyOatie]

With rebate, get the EVGA B2 750. It is great quality, high performance, good warranty, and semi-modular. Don't leave home without it.

In spite of what was said above, the Corsair CX600 is a decent PSU for some things OTHER than gaming, like web-surfing and business productivity.

In gaming, the GPU makes demand spikes, for extra power, from the PSU and this hammers the main capacitors of the PSU. Weak capacitors fail quickly.