Do I need a 850w power supply for my build?

BenjaminoFree · Nov 5, 2014

I recently got a MSI GTX 970 gpu and my build seems to be having problems since I installed it.
2 of my USB ports have lost power and the screen seems to be getting darker and fuzzier along with other strange effects when I play games, I was wondering if it had anything to do with my power supply (I'm not excellent with computers).

I currently have a 700w power supply, here is the rest of my build:
-GIGABYTE H61M-D2H-USB3 Motherboard
-Quad Core Intel i7 2600k 3.4GHz
-MSI GTX 970 4GB GDDR5
-8GB RAM
-64 bit Windows 7

If you could tell me any problems that you can see that would be great.
Thanks!

ahnilated · Nov 5, 2014

700 watts should be plenty. Who is the power supply built by?

ImDaBaron · Nov 5, 2014

Yeah definitely need to know the brand and model

BenjaminoFree · Nov 5, 2014

ahnilated :

Sorry guys fogot to check, here is the link:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/PULSE-PPS-700BR-SILENT-CASING-RETAIL/dp/B009YYL2CI

ImDaBaron · Nov 5, 2014

Yep there's your problem. More than likely your power supply is slowly turning into a paper weight.

BenjaminoFree · Nov 5, 2014

ImDaBaron :

What exactly is the problem? It's just a bad overall supply?

ImDaBaron · Nov 5, 2014

BenjaminoFree :

Absolutely yes....definitely replace it asap

ahnilated · Nov 5, 2014

I would check the voltages before you replace it but I think the PSU is the issue. I don't even recognize that brand of PSU much less if the quality is anything good.

BenjaminoFree · Nov 5, 2014

ahnilated :

So would an 850 be better or should I just stick with a 700 but buy a better model?
PS: Thanks for the help guys!

ImDaBaron · Nov 5, 2014

BenjaminoFree :

Yes...try EVGA G2 Supernova...XFX or Seasonic

BenjaminoFree · Nov 5, 2014

Thanks for all the help you guys, I'll get on this problem right away!

HomerThompson · Nov 5, 2014

Buy a quality 550W-650W power supply. Rosewill Capstones are really nice (made by Super Flower) or anything made by Seasonic. XFX has a really nice 80+ bronze 550W power supply also (I think it's made by Seasonic).

HomerThompson · Nov 5, 2014

850W or even 700W is total overkill for a 95W CPU and a 145W GPU. 850W is the high end of the recommendations for running GTX 970's in 2 way SLI.

BenjaminoFree · Nov 5, 2014

Based on the advice from all of you I'm going for this one, I don't really mind spending the extra cash for a 750w just in case

http://www.dabs.com/products/xfx-750w-80--bronze-certified-single-rail-75R8.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc%20product%20search&utm_campaign=Components%20and%20Storage%20-%20Cases,%20Cooling%20and%20Power%20-%20Power%20Supply%20Units

I'm going to assume that it's just a bad brand and not really reliable, I've had this supply for about a year.

HomerThompson · Nov 5, 2014

750W is overkill for a locked Haswell processor and a low power video card. Look for something Tier 1, 2A, or 2B from this list:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

EDIT: Looks like that XFX Pro 750W is Tier 1, so it should be great. I'd only go that high if you're seriously considering SLI though.

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