How many wattages need for overclocking 6600k, RX 480 8GB?

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deadgamer2

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I've built my PC few weeks ago, while reusing some old components like power supply and hard drives.

I need a new power supply now. I can't trust my old power supply for overclocking because I've read an article from somewhere saying it was a tier 5 power supply (Thermaltake TR2 500W).

Any suggestions? How many wattages do I need since I'll be doing overclocking, and since I have lots of old hard drive and 120MM LED fans in my system.

System specs:
I5-6600k with Hyper 212 Evo LED
Gigabyte RX 480 8GB
About 5 hard drives, 1 SSD, 1 disc drive.
4 120MM case fan, in which 2 are Cooler Master (forgot which series) LEDs. The other 2 are from Corsair 200R case.

 
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fourseven

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ah... I see... another knowledge for me, thanks man :D
 
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    ■ The 500 watt rate will supply 500 watt and little more before the Over Voltage Protection circuity shut down because the wattage drawn have exceeded OVP .
    ■ If your motherboard has 4X4 pin EPS (~120 watt max) your 6600K will draw 120 watt if the coolers and motherboard's VRM design also allow to.
    ■ 75 watt from PCIe slot + 75 watt from 6 pin PEG connector + 150 watt from 6+2 pin PEG connector, the most common wattage offset is +25% from factory setting TDP, your 480K will draw 300 watt if the coolers and graphic card's VRM design also allow to.
    ■ So you have 420 watt just to feed CPU and GPU.
    ■ 1000 RPM Fan = ~ 2 W, 2000 RPM fan = 3 to 4 W
    SSD = ~ 3 W
    HDD = ~ 7 W
    ■ If you plan to use OC setting permanently you can do this in the mean time
  • ■ Use Arctic MX4■ Use EK Vardar F5 3000 RPM and cotton or headphone to block the noisy fan
 
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Chugalug_

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@ Mikel4, that's the max TDP, the maximum theoretical power it CAN draw, not what it will draw, the same applies to your second statement.
Depending on the quality of the unit, your first statement is not always true.
Don't use cotton as a noise dampener, use rubber washers or noise blocking foam.
 
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Mikel_4

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True!!
we'll use your theoretical draw for gaming, transcoding, or any non system stressing scenarios, and it'll involve power tester equipment to get power consumption data. Also I was denoting to peak power draws which can only be achieved before 6600K throttling down of overheat or power phase design has cross its delivery capacity.

I won't argue how much watt OPs build actually draws, most 4 pin EPS use 16 AWG and also the last four years motherboard comes with 16V capacitors, if you have some kind of your own actual test result on 6600K lets do this, I love to learn from a grandmaster level.

I own EK furious vardar F5 fan and they're the most loud fan I ever had, I agree regarding the rubber washer and sound dampening foam, the washer will minimize the rattling and foam will ease sound pressure.

 
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