11-21-2014 04:56 PM - last edited on 03-05-2024 09:53 PM by ROGBot
11-21-2014 05:17 PM
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11-22-2014 08:53 AM
Skunk wrote:
The absolute max power draw on your system is going to be in the 350-370W range...figure in PSU aging and you should get something in the area of 450-500W PSU. Your system should idle fairly low and the efficiency of PSU's drops considerably at the low end, so you do not want to over spec it. (I'm making the assumption you aren't going to want to add additional graphics cards in the future)
A few suggestions on the system...de-spec the motherboard and RAM and up-spec the processor and graphics card. Also, a small SSD will perform much better than 2 HDD's in RAID, so I'd drop one of the HDD's and get a small SSD.
11-22-2014 11:09 AM
11-22-2014 05:57 PM
Duke of Alinor wrote:
Hmm, we see this "minimum PSU" often, just bad advice IMO, some upgrades you don't plan for and Christmas is coming. Get a 750W of good quality. You will be able to sleep nights knowing your PSU is overkill. The PSU will not be in question when troubleshooting. You can upgrade when the time comes. You will lose little when the computer is at idle and the PSU efficiency drops - you are using little power so it does not matter. PSU's generally run best at 80% (assuming a quality PSU) so a 500W will be fine for your rig - provided you do not add anything.
11-22-2014 07:51 AM
Noots wrote:
I'm getting conflicting estimated wattage at ASUS & pcpartspicker
Build
Asus Maximus VII Gene
i5 4430
Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II
G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2400
2 x HDD 2TB SATA 6.0Gb/s
1 DRW
Any recommendations?
Noots
11-22-2014 11:03 AM
sk2play wrote:
Nice Build.
What is your brand model PC Case?