Anyone have something really reliable with many options?
Upgrading soon, if I could shave 50$ on a PSU it would be useful to something else.
- what country do you live in
- what parts do you have
- what is your budget for parts you need
Nvidia and Intel tend to have much lower TPDs (use less juice)
USA
Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz 45 °C
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 679MHz (9-9-9-24)
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V LK (LGA1155)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
1TB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 (SATA)x2
And bout a 1k usd budget
Just rather not go overkill on PSU if I can use it somewhere else.
550-650 would be my guess depending on fans,usb devices and other stuff
stock 3570ks use 77w, the most powerful single GPU from nvidia uses 195w, you can SLI 2 660s on a 500w PSU
I highly recommend Rosewill Green, Capstone, Fortress and tachyion series PSUs they are rosewills quality lines that have one awards from many reputable reviewers such as anandtech and hardware secrets
so I would recommend http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182200
you can overclock both the CPU and a 680 to their limits with that PSU, also you said your budget is 1K, so does this mean you haven't built the computer yet, if you'd like I can get you a WHOLE lot better than just a 660 for your 1K budget.
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You guys didn't get where I was going. I already have a current build and will be upgrading soon. With the upgrade I'm also changing my PSU but not really sure what amount of watts it would need with the components I wanted.
So to get the more accurate PSU I was requesting a calculator of some sort to input the options. You both did give me some new information though.
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
if the link works :S
I've tried that just wondering about its validity. I input everything and tested the difference with 1 fan and the watts would jump by 20-30.
yeah its fine, cos with the fan option it doesnt give a make model rpm or other effecting stats it just assigns an ammount that will cover most if not all fans available.