Power Supply Wattage Estimates Please

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Here's the build:


  • LGA1150 i7 4790k Devil's Canyon

    EVGA GTX 970 FTW (4GB) x2 for SLI

    ASUS X97 Sabertooth Mark 1 Armor MoBo

    G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 1866

I'm not quite sure how much power I'll need. I've used wattage calculator's but I keep finding that they're missing some of the components I'm using. I'm really excited for this build (I'm coming from a Core2Duo/9600GT/4GB DDR2). Also, does this seem like overkill? Thanks everyone, the help is appreciated greatly. :)
 
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You will be fine with the 750w PSU, the system at full load Might use 550-600w, you want a bit of head room and the 750w psu will give you that. If you want to do some major overclocking going with the PSU listed above would be a good idea.
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $26.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-18 16:19 EDT-0400

+ USD $10 off w/ promo code EMCAPKV63, ends 3/18 :D

and a $25.00 mail-in rebate
 
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The plan is to record/render footage (both live and not) and possibly try out some games in 4K. Does the i5 still seem okay? Or do you think I'll need the i7 still?

Also, at first I thought you meant my list above was ancient XD.

 
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Umm you will need a 750w PSU (you might be able to get away with a 650w PSU but i wouldn't recommend it) I think the other guys overlooked the fact you had SLI GTX 970's.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $59.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-18 16:26 EDT-0400

If it was me and you can budget it, i'd get the i7 4790k - if you plan to do video editing and rendering it will be helpful. If you are tight on your budget a i5 4690k will work just fine.
 
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So if it's 750w at the lowest should I go for maybe an 850w? Also, thank you for looking at modular types, I forgot to mention that as my preference lol
 
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Killer deal on a great 850w.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $69.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-18 16:41 EDT-0400

 
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You will be fine with the 750w PSU, the system at full load Might use 550-600w, you want a bit of head room and the 750w psu will give you that. If you want to do some major overclocking going with the PSU listed above would be a good idea.
 
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