Will TPU use alot of power?

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Hello, I'm in the process of setting up a computer, for the first time, but I'm wondering whether I can leave TPU and EPU off at the same time. If I enable TPU, I'm worried it would withdraw a lot more power than my PSU can handle. My PSU is a CX 500, which is just enough for my setup with about 30 watts left to spare. I know I shouldn't have skimped on the PSU but I'm on a tight budget. Motherboard is an M5A97 Evo R2.0.
 
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cin19
You should be fine, the system ( fx8320 + single gtx660 ) will not draw more than 350W-400W. You can do the same, go to the http://pcpartpicker.com and enter the parts you had, then you can see the "Estimated Wattage" that will be on the upper right-hand corner.

The gtx660 requires the PSU with 24A on +12V rail and minimum 450W, it has 38A on the +12v. So even the cx500 is not the best PSU and it will be fine.
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TPU is the auto overclock utility, which can accelerates the system to optimized and stable.
EPU is for the power savings.

So you can leave TPU and EPU off at the same time. If you enable TPU then it depends on what cpu you use, for example, if you use the fx8350 like in the link, the fx8350 ( whole PC) use 195W @4.0ghz and the oc fx8350 will use 294W @4.8ghz. http://www.anandtech.com/show/6396/the-vishera-review-amd-fx8350-fx8320-fx6300-and-fx4300-tested/8

Most of the PC power consumption is from GPU, not from the CPU, what GPU do you have?
 
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You should be fine, the system ( fx8320 + single gtx660 ) will not draw more than 350W-400W. You can do the same, go to the http://pcpartpicker.com and enter the parts you had, then you can see the "Estimated Wattage" that will be on the upper right-hand corner.

The gtx660 requires the PSU with 24A on +12V rail and minimum 450W, it has 38A on the +12v. So even the cx500 is not the best PSU and it will be fine.
 
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