- Aug 5, 2016
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Folks,
I`ve been reading so many contradictory opinions about recommended PSUs for the the 480 Nitro and an i5 6500 that I really cant make out what I should be going for.
I`m looking at a 550W gold PSU, and while some say that it`s absolutely fine, some are like "cards work like sound systems, the more wattage the better". Granted, the nitro goes up to whopping ~220ish.
So are we saying that the additional 300W available would not be enough for the rest of crap like a low draw CPU, an optical, ssd, wifi card etc. ?
What do you think about the wattage headroom argument? Even if my system goes up to, say, 500W leaving 50W left, could that impede performance?
I`ve been reading so many contradictory opinions about recommended PSUs for the the 480 Nitro and an i5 6500 that I really cant make out what I should be going for.
I`m looking at a 550W gold PSU, and while some say that it`s absolutely fine, some are like "cards work like sound systems, the more wattage the better". Granted, the nitro goes up to whopping ~220ish.
So are we saying that the additional 300W available would not be enough for the rest of crap like a low draw CPU, an optical, ssd, wifi card etc. ?
What do you think about the wattage headroom argument? Even if my system goes up to, say, 500W leaving 50W left, could that impede performance?
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