Need help with PSU

andrineerd

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Feb 2, 2013
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I'm building and maybe overclock this sometime, but I'm not sure about the wattage consumption on it. is 850W psu enough?


my build specs:

cpu: Intel i5-3570K
http://ark.intel.com/products/65520/Intel-Core-i5-3570K-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Extreme4/index.us.asp?cat=Specifications

video card: PowerColor PCS+ HD7850 2GB GDDR5
http://www.powercolor.com/us/products_features.asp?id=410#Specification

ram: GeIL EVO CORSA Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144590

hdd: 250GB SATA3 SSD + (2 x 500GB SATA2 HDD) + (2TB SATA2 HDD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147189

optical: DVD-RW

 
850 watts will be more than enough; you can even get by with something in the range of 600 watts. Get a good brand - Corsair, Seasonic, Antec, XFX.

Look for sales and promos on Newegg. You might be able to pick up a larger capacity PSU for a lower price when they have promos going on.
 
850W is way overkill, a decent psu with 500W is more than enough, it will have more than 24 amps, for two 7850, a 600W psu will do.
Get a psu from those brands above mentioned, there're others too.
 


Actually a quality 450w (&21a on +12v rail) is enough to run a
system with one 7850. So, I say take DJ's suggestion & get
something in the 500-600w range. Gives you plenty of headroom.