i7 3770K with 400W PSU

[Artur96]

I'm willing to upgrade from my stock i5 2400 up to i7 3770K (fastest CPU that my mobo can support), but I'm worried that my 400W PSU would not be enough. Is that the case? Because I've used an online wattage calculator and even at OC 4.5 GHz it turns out my system needs 360W of power, which is quite good. What are your thoughts on this?

 

[prit87]

a good 400 watt psu would be enough for ocing i7 3370k...

 

[Artur96]

a good 400 watt psu would be enough for ocing i7 3370k...

Are Xigmatek PSUs considered 'good' though?

 

[prit87]

sorry but i am not familiar with that brand i usually recommend seasonic but for home office work i think your psu would do the job...

 

[Artur96]

sorry but i am not familiar with that brand i usually recommend seasonic but for home office work i think your psu would do the job...

What about gaming? I'm upgrading my CPU due to processor-heavy Flight Simulator X

 

[prit87]

for gaming you should focus on a good gpu rather than cpu mordern games are more gpu oriented but a balance between cpu and gpu is necessary to avoid bottlenecking as for the psu i will not recommend that psu for gaming for gaming i will suggest u to buy a seasonic ,xfx,corsair rm/tx series psu which could run well on intense load..and the wattage of the psu depends on what gpu u have...

 

[Artur96]

for gaming you should focus on a good gpu rather than cpu mordern games are more gpu oriented but a balance between cpu and gpu is necessary to avoid bottlenecking as for the psu i will not recommend that psu for gaming for gaming i will suggest u to buy a seasonic ,xfx,corsair rm/tx series psu which could run well on intense load..and the wattage of the psu depends on what gpu u have...

Yes, I do know GPU is more important, but in the case of FSX, it's quite the opposite.
My 750 Ti only uses 60W at max load so is that alright?

 

[prit87]

if you are using 750 ti then its okk... its a good entry level card with low power consumption...