[SOLVED] PSU help please

[ssilviu250]

Hello there, and sorry in advance if this is the wrong section.
My issue goes like this, is this PSU's Seasonic S12II-520 Bronze 520W wattage enough for a system containing the following: MSI Z370-A PRO, Intel Core i5 8400, HyperX Fury Red 16GB DDR4 2666Mhz CL16, GTX 960 4095MB, one SSD 250GB and one HDD 500GB on 7200rpm, plus gaming keyboard, mouse and headset? I will use this pc for gaming, i don't plan to overclock anything (as if i'd know how to do that). In the far future i might upgrade the GPU to an 1060 6GB, but for now is this PSU going to work with the current set-up? I've been checking these "psu wattage calculators site" and they say it's around 400W but i don't trust them so i'd rather ask a person then getting an automated answer from a site. Please help me.

 

[ThatVietGuy]

That PSU is more than enough for both your current build idea and the future upgrade with a GTX 1060.

 

[animemangamer]

Seasonic is an excellent brand of PSU and that 520w is more than enough to power your system with GTX 1060.

Some people even use 450w to power 1060 with the entire system.

 

[4745454b]

You'll be fine. Gaming load for such a system would be ~300W at most. That's not a problem for that PSU.

What might be a problem is the PSUs age. That PSU has been around for a long time. If this is something you've used for the last "long time", it's time for an upgrade. PSUs don't last forever. I haven't came up with a rule as to when a PSU should be replaced, but if you've used this PSU for 5-8+years it's time for the new one. If you just bought it then never mind.

 

[ssilviu250]

Thank you guys for your response. Planning to buy the PSU next week. I'd pick all 3 replies are solutions, but I can't unfortunately.

 

[4745454b]

You are planning on buying that PSU next week? Meaning you don't have it already? What is your budget and location? It's not a bad PSU, but it is an older one and there are better options out there for most people. You should consider a newer PSU for a newer system.

 

[ssilviu250]

Well my components should arrive the other week aswell, i'm only taking out the ssd,hdd and gpu out of this computer and putting everything together into a new one. I'm from Romania, and my budget for PSU is 53 euros, why 53 because that's 250 Lei in romanian currency. This seasonic psu is 272, on sale from 306, so I said i'm gonna put 20 more since it's on sale and it's top seller. (https://www.pcgarage.ro/surse/) this is where I am getting all my components from, so psu gonna be bought from here aswell. If you open the link, the products are automatically sorted as best sellers, (https://prnt.sc/kvibfo) and the first one under it sorts them from cheapest to most expensive. On a side note: I can't log in here from Chrome, either from PC or Mobile, only from Microsoft Edge, keep getting this "WE'RE SORRY, SOMETHING WENT WRONG WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LOG IN."

 

[4745454b]

If you haven't bought it yet, there are a number of PSUs you might want to look at before you buy it. I'm not saying these are the best out there. But these should handle your system just fine. For sub 250, these aren't horrible fire starters. Note that for many of these I can't find proper reviews. But I'm going with my gut with "ok".

https://www.pcgarage.ro/surse/sirtec-high-power/550br-v12s-80-plus-bronze-550w/
https://www.pcgarage.ro/surse/fortron/hexa-85-plus-80-plus-bronze-650w/
https://www.pcgarage.ro/surse/corsair/vs-series-vs550-80-plus-550w/
https://www.pcgarage.ro/surse/corsair/cx450-80-plus-bronze-450w/

Those last two are known to me and reviews are out there. Keep them as cool as you can and you should be good.