Power consumption confusion ?!

[cheti]

Hey,
so i have an fx-8120 and a 990fxa-ud3

as said on everywhere bascially, the fx-8120 is a 125W cpu. so does that mean that nomatter how high i clock it, it will only pull 125W from the PSU ?

If so, can i overclock my cpu to 4.6ghz and get a 7970 and run it all with a corsair gs600 or do i need an upgrade ?

 

[rgd1101]

Hey,
so i have an fx-8120 and a 990fxa-ud3

as said on everywhere bascially, the fx-8120 is a 125W cpu. so does that mean that nomatter how high i clock it, it will only pull 125W from the PSU ?

If so, can i overclock my cpu to 4.6ghz and get a 7970 and run it all with a corsair gs600 or do i need an upgrade ?

It mean on default clocking it max at 125W. overclock mean more W.

 

[jaguarskx]

The faster the CPU runs the more power it consumes. Overclocking does increase power consumption especially if you increased the voltage to the CPU to achieve your overclock.

I would say the Corsair should be able to handle the graphics card.

 

[hunter315]

The power rating of processors is not an exact science, they are broken down into brackets, for AMD desktop CPUs it is usually 45 W, 65W, 95 W, 125 W, and 140 W, the power rating for the bracket means that most of the time at stock clocks and voltage the processor will not consume more power than that, not that it will always consume 125 W.

If you increase the clock speed or the voltage your power consumption will increase, increasing the voltage will significantly increase your power consumption and also your heat output so make sure you have a good cooler before you try to OC too high.

A single 7970 and an OC'd 8120 will run fine on a GS600.

 

[cheti]

what if i overclock the cpu to 4.4-4.8 and overclock the gpu aswell (ive heard 7970 overclocks like a beast)

will the corsair gs600 still handle it ?

 

[monu_08]

yes u can easily run it fine with iti have fx 8150 and zotac gtx 570 synergy edition on both sotck no oced and guess i ruining these whole on a local psu which only have 35 amp isnt this strange

 

[cheti]

okay, my new build will be:

fx-8120 @ 4.4-4.8ghz (hopefully)
2x4gb 1600mhz
990fxa-ud3
corsair force gt 90gb ssd
amd radeon hd 7970 1ghz 3gb
corsair gs600
corsair h80
corsair 600t white window

 

[monu_08]

happy gaming wait u also need an hdd to run games not ssd. use ssd for window
for music movie and games i suggest hdd

 

[cheti]

yeye, forgot to mention, i ahve ssd for windows + a few games and hdd for storage