500 Watt Power Supply - Sufficient or Too Much?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
T

Tom-712

Commendable
Oct 12, 2016
4
0
1,510
I'm considering having a go at my first build. Nothing special to game with or anything, just something that isn't a slouch and that i can do some video editing on. I have chosen the following parts:

Processor - Intel i5 6400 - £170 - Socket - LGA1151
Motherboard - MSI H110M PRO-VH Socket LGA 1151 8 Channel HD Audio Motherboard - Micro ATX - 32GB RAM - 4 SATA PORTS - £50
Case - £25
RAM - Hyper X Fury Black 8GB (4GB X 2) DDR4 2133 MHz CL 14 Memory - £50
Graphics Card - EVGA GeForge G210 1GB DDR3 VGA DVI HDMI Passive Low Profile PCI-E - £27
Hard Drive - Toshiba P300 1TB 3.5" SATA 600 hard drive - £40 (£35 500GB)
Optical Drive - LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x SATA Internal DVDRW - £12
Case - CIT Lightspeed Micro ATX Black Tower Case With Inbuilt LED Light System 2x LED Red Fans - £25

I have done the wattage calculations on OuterVision and it has concluded that I'll be using around 230 watts. It suggested i go for a power supply that is around 500 watts.

Would anyone be kind enough to double check how much wattage i'd actually be using given the parts that I've listed, and confirm whether or not 500 watts is sufficient/too much?

Please feel free to give me any advice on the parts that i've chosen and whether or not you'd recommend changing some of them up for something else.

thanks!
 
Solution
geofelt
A300w psu will do the job.
It is more important that you buy a quality unit.
Seasonic makes some good 300-430w units.

Yes, the skylake integrated graphics will be easier to use and will be stronger than the discrete G210.

Regardless, I will never again build without a ssd for the "C" drive. It makes everything you do much quicker.
120gb is minimum, it will hold the os and a handful of apps. If you can go 240gb, so much the better.
Samsung EVO is a good choice for performance and reliability.

On the hard drive, I think WD is better for reliability.
Sort by date Sort by votes
xfearlz

xfearlz

Honorable
Sep 24, 2013
9
0
10,520
500W is definitely too much for your needs, for now. But i wouldn't suggest otherwise. 500W will give you much room for upgrades in the future without having to worry about getting a new PSU.
 
Upvote 1 Downvote
geofelt

geofelt

Titan
Oct 9, 2006
54,295
4,145
174,240
A300w psu will do the job.
It is more important that you buy a quality unit.
Seasonic makes some good 300-430w units.

Yes, the skylake integrated graphics will be easier to use and will be stronger than the discrete G210.

Regardless, I will never again build without a ssd for the "C" drive. It makes everything you do much quicker.
120gb is minimum, it will hold the os and a handful of apps. If you can go 240gb, so much the better.
Samsung EVO is a good choice for performance and reliability.

On the hard drive, I think WD is better for reliability.
 
Upvote 1 Downvote
Solution
T

Tom-712

Commendable
Oct 12, 2016
4
0
1,510


How about an EVGA 430W 80+? I've seen EVGA pop up again and again with most computer parts so I assume their stuff is reasonably well built?

Thanks for pointing that out with the graphics card, i never would have noticed the processor had integrated graphics!

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
T

Tom-712

Commendable
Oct 12, 2016
4
0
1,510


Is it the HD510 or HD530 Skylake that's integrated into my processor?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
T

Tom-712

Commendable
Oct 12, 2016
4
0
1,510


Can not thank you enough for your help today my friend. thank you.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Zerk2012

Zerk2012

Titan
Ambassador
Oct 6, 2014
21,396
2,038
104,240


The EVGA 430 is garbage buy the one I listed.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Zerk2012

Zerk2012

Titan
Ambassador
Oct 6, 2014
21,396
2,038
104,240


Just stating 500 watts means nothing to the quality of the PSU if could be a low quality, overrated 250 watt PSU.
 
Upvote -1 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom