PSU Requirements?

[thalos]

Hello,
I am planning on making a build for pretty much gaming, I am going to use the amd phenom II x4 3.4 ghz with and asrock 970 extreme and a 550 ti graphic card, my question is how much watts do I need. I am looking at the Raidmax hybrid 530 watts and dont know if that enough. Thank you

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

ANY decent make 500 would do...

All the best Brett

 

[thalos]

ah okay, cool. I was worried I might have got one less than what I need, also I think I should have added, that in order to use my ram (8gb ddr3) at 1600 mhz i would need to OC. Would 530 watts still be enough then? Thanks btw

 

[Brett928S2]

ah okay, cool. I was worried I might have got one less than what I need, also I think I should have added, that in order to use my ram (8gb ddr3) at 1600 mhz i would need to OC. Would 530 watts still be enough then? Thanks btw

Hi

Overclocking the ram or graphics card makes no difference to power...ANY 500.. etc

Personally I would go for a better graphics card though...

All the best Brett

 

[thalos]

I see , thanks again. I would go for another G card but to be honest im kinda on a 700 dollars budget lol, and my build so far is 697 lol. I am shopping from newegg, so Idk if there are any better sites, but as far as i know, newegg is the way to go, except im kinda scared im going to get a doa item

 

[toyftw]

I see , thanks again. I would go for another G card but to be honest im kinda on a 700 dollars budget lol, and my build so far is 697 lol. I am shopping from newegg, so Idk if there are any better sites, but as far as i know, newegg is the way to go, except im kinda scared im going to get a doa item

best thing to do is use partpicker for pricing/etc.

http://pcpartpicker.com/

Tom