what size psu?

[Franklin_4]

hey guys...

amd ryzen 5 1400
mATX ASRrock b350m pro 4
16gb geil super luce 2x8
zotac gtx 950 OC edition
1tb 7200 rpm baracuda
250gb 960evo
3 120mm case fans
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will be replacing 1tb hdd with another 250gb ssd (but 2.5")
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will be replacing 950oc with 1060, within next 6 months.
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i used a couple calculators and got different results but would like an "experts" opinion on this matter.

if you need any additonal info just lmk

 

[saint19]

Hi and welcome to Tom's forum.

Something between 750W and 850W would be more that enough for your rig with the future update that you have planned. Remember get a good PSU with at least a 80+ Silver certification and good manufacturers like Corsair, Seasonic, EVGA.

 

[ko888]

450 Watts or greater.

 

[Hellfire13]

That build will have a max power draw of 350w to 400w region. So any decent quality unit from 450w onwards should do. If you want a bit of extra headroom, go with a quality 550w unit. Corsair CXM and Seasonic S12II/M12II are qulaity units on a budget. For better quality you can consider the EVGA Supernova or Corsair RMx variants.

 

[Franklin_4]

750/800w seems like a little overkill....

 

[ko888]

750/800w seems like a little overkill....

Especially when the system power draw is going to be around 260 Watts at stock clock settings.

 

[Franklin_4]

yeh and future upgrades will be drawing less power. (10xx, 2nd ssd). anyway, there was a brand new evga 450bt (total trash, ikr?) and a 2 year old corsair cx600 laying around so i chose the brand new one. hopefully i picked right lol.. i'll resurrect this post when it fails me.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

750/800w seems like a little overkill....

Especially when the system power draw is going to be around 260 Watts at stock clock settings.

Arguably even much lower. Considering the GPU:

Or with the GTX 1060, that's a 120W GPU and has trouble getting past. So 120W GPU + I suspect around 50W for that CPU (Ryzen is very efficient) and probably under 200W under load then.

yeh and future upgrades will be drawing less power. (10xx, 2nd ssd). anyway, there was a brand new evga 450bt (total trash, ikr?) and a 2 year old corsair cx600 laying around so i chose the brand new one. hopefully i picked right lol.. i'll resurrect this post when it fails me.

I would have picked the CX honestly. Those EVGA BTs sell for like $20 so they must be real paperweights.