Hi,
So I built my PC a few months ago, specs: i5 4670k (stock cooler), Seagate SSHD, AMD Radeon HD 7850, Gigabyte Z87-HD3, Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM etc
I have just ordered a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo to overclock to 4.4GHz and a GTX 660 as I am having problems with the AMD card.
I only have a 500W PSU (Corsair CX500), I chose this because that PSU calculator thing said I only probably needed 400w max with my build, now I'm overclocking that has got quite a bit higher but still enough, then I just saw the "capacitor aging" feature which I'd previously ignored, basically saying that the PSU will need more wattage over the years, changing this significantly bumped up my recommended wattage, now it's saying it could need 530W at 100% load on everything if i keep my PSU for a few years.
I set the calculator to 4.4GHZ, but Intel's site says the max the CPU can handle is 3.8GHz but I'll assume that's with stock cooler as everyone else is fine with that. Also can anyone tell me what voltage I need for that?
So yeah, should I try and return my PSU if I want to OC to 4.4GHz? I also want a new CPU cooler because I don't think I installed the stock cooler correctly as some pins went through more than others as I forgot to do it diagonally, so I'd like to get something out of spending more money. I also quite fancy a modular PSU so if you would recommend it I probably will try and get Amazon's sympathy and return it? I will buy from the same OEM so I guess it won't do any harm.
Any help is much appreciated, 660 and CPU Cooler arrive monday so this is quite urgent, I'd like to order a new PSU if I need one tomorrow so it will arrive with the rest of the stuff! I'd rather not spend extra money so i'd only buy a new PSU if you think I should!
Thanks!
P.S I'm also using 2x cold cathodes
So I built my PC a few months ago, specs: i5 4670k (stock cooler), Seagate SSHD, AMD Radeon HD 7850, Gigabyte Z87-HD3, Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM etc
I have just ordered a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo to overclock to 4.4GHz and a GTX 660 as I am having problems with the AMD card.
I only have a 500W PSU (Corsair CX500), I chose this because that PSU calculator thing said I only probably needed 400w max with my build, now I'm overclocking that has got quite a bit higher but still enough, then I just saw the "capacitor aging" feature which I'd previously ignored, basically saying that the PSU will need more wattage over the years, changing this significantly bumped up my recommended wattage, now it's saying it could need 530W at 100% load on everything if i keep my PSU for a few years.
I set the calculator to 4.4GHZ, but Intel's site says the max the CPU can handle is 3.8GHz but I'll assume that's with stock cooler as everyone else is fine with that. Also can anyone tell me what voltage I need for that?
So yeah, should I try and return my PSU if I want to OC to 4.4GHz? I also want a new CPU cooler because I don't think I installed the stock cooler correctly as some pins went through more than others as I forgot to do it diagonally, so I'd like to get something out of spending more money. I also quite fancy a modular PSU so if you would recommend it I probably will try and get Amazon's sympathy and return it? I will buy from the same OEM so I guess it won't do any harm.
Any help is much appreciated, 660 and CPU Cooler arrive monday so this is quite urgent, I'd like to order a new PSU if I need one tomorrow so it will arrive with the rest of the stuff! I'd rather not spend extra money so i'd only buy a new PSU if you think I should!
Thanks!
P.S I'm also using 2x cold cathodes
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