Sigh... Yes, yes I know. This has been asked before, but I can't make heads or tails of the power supply guide on the forum page... It's just all over my head.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qYTrxr/evga-power-supply-220g20550y1
My question is this: Will a 550w psu like the one linked above be enough to run "efficiently" with a build that will require 411w according to pcpartpicker. Now you may think that's a dumb question considering 550 is well over 411, but the how's and why's behind power supplies make little sense to me.
I mean... I multiplied 550 by .75 which gave me roughly 411, which means that 411 is 75% of 550. Does that mean that a 550w psu will run under a 75% load constantly? I've read that a psu is most efficient under roughly a 50% load, so should I get a higher psu?
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card
Case: Thermaltake - Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Case Fan: Cooler Master - R4-L4S-10AB-GP 60.9 CFM 140mm Fan
Case Fan: Cooler Master - R4-L2S-122B-GP 39.8 CFM 120mm Fans
Case Fan: Cooler Master - R4-L2S-122B-GP 39.8 CFM 120mm Fans
Case Fan: BitFenix - BFF-LPRO-20025B-RP 148.7 CFM 200mm Fan
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qYTrxr/evga-power-supply-220g20550y1
My question is this: Will a 550w psu like the one linked above be enough to run "efficiently" with a build that will require 411w according to pcpartpicker. Now you may think that's a dumb question considering 550 is well over 411, but the how's and why's behind power supplies make little sense to me.
I mean... I multiplied 550 by .75 which gave me roughly 411, which means that 411 is 75% of 550. Does that mean that a 550w psu will run under a 75% load constantly? I've read that a psu is most efficient under roughly a 50% load, so should I get a higher psu?
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card
Case: Thermaltake - Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Case Fan: Cooler Master - R4-L4S-10AB-GP 60.9 CFM 140mm Fan
Case Fan: Cooler Master - R4-L2S-122B-GP 39.8 CFM 120mm Fans
Case Fan: Cooler Master - R4-L2S-122B-GP 39.8 CFM 120mm Fans
Case Fan: BitFenix - BFF-LPRO-20025B-RP 148.7 CFM 200mm Fan
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