Is 500 watts enough for modern systems?

Is 500 watts enough for modern systems?

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No

Yes

You don't need anymore than 250watts for a modern system.

You are a new fag and a normie and a cuck if you say otherwise

"Modern systems" ranges from tiny low power builds to massive SLI builds.

500W is usually sufficient for low- to mid-range builds.

completely fine for single gpu systems
unless you go retarded with power hungry amd shit

If by modern you mean an i3 or i5 for running MS Office, surfing the internet and streaming porn, then yes. If you plan on doing intermediate gaming and buying a mid-teir video card then maybe not. Also depends on the number of hard drives you plan to install and other PCI cards.

I am using a 600w PSU in a 5820k OC'd to 4.4GHz, GTX 960, 32GB DDR4 @ 3200MHz, 3x4TB HDDs, a 5TB WD black, a SM950 Pro 250GB M.2 SSD, and a seagate 600 480GB SSD.

I pull around 110w idle, 170w watching youtube and browsing the web, and about 330-380w when gaming.

Even if I were to upgrade to a GTX 1080 my peak power would only go up at most 100w.

So I might see 450w with a GTX 1080. But I dont do much gaming and my GTX 960 does fine.


The point remains, you can run pretty much any modern single GPU on a quality 500-600w unit.

I run an FX-6300@4GHz + a Fury, 2 ssds, 1 hdd in an Asus Crosshair gaymer motherboard on a 550W Seasonic so if you get a non housefire cpu 500w is fine.

basically. A single GPU and a non-housefire CPU is easily covered by 500w.
Show me a single modern situation where it isn't.

Yes

Midrange being what? 1070 + 6700k ?

Maybe

Are you positive?

No

So is it a yes or no?

Depends on your cpu/gpu.

If you have a shit like i5 6600k and gpu like 1060/1070/rx480, then even a 350w is probably enough. If you don't have too much peripherals

Perhaps

Depends on the computer.

Oh noes, I would need a 600W PSU instead

I have 1060 and 6600K, ran furmark and prime95 at once, took about 320-350 from the wall

Currently paired that pic with my palit 1060 and a 6600k.
I plan to get a rx480 but the moment I was informed that AMD's power consumption was a big fucking joke, I immediately switched to nvidia.

My laptop runs on 45W

cNA YOU REPEAT THE QUESTIO N

Depends on what you use it for. My PSU's only 200W.

Even is you get a 1060 SLI with a 6700k, 550W is enough if the unit is of good quality.

Modern hardware just aren't as demanding anymore given their relentless march to ever-increasing efficiency.

>amd CPU
No thanks lad

It totally depends on the kind of system you're running! Look up something along the lines, "power supply calculator," (I believe Newegg has one) and input all your computer components. From there, simply pick a power supply a good bit over the maximum amount of wattage, to allow for future upgrades.

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General PC or gaming system - 500w should be ample

Running some epic dual processor system with SLI/crossfired graphics cards and 10 hard disks? - you'll probably need more.

Absolutely, as long as you're not going all out with an enthusiast tier build.

>1060 SLI
a what?

I have an i5 4460 and a gtx 960 with a be quiet 400w psu. Since I haven't got much headroom my question is if that's bad for the component or the whole system?

Two GTX 1060s in SLI?

500w was enough to power a 125W Phenom II X4 and Radeon 4870 back in 2009, it's enough to power a i5 4690k and RX 480 today.

you can't SLI the GTX 1060

1070 + 6700k is high end

midrange would be gtx 960 + i3

500W should be sufficient, assuming you actually buy a quality PSU.

I'd go with at least 700 watts myself though, just to be ridiculously safe. You can reuse PSUs in future builds if you buy quality, so long term, you want as many watts as you can afford, even if you don't think you'll need them. Who knows, you might even decide to SLi one day.

>1070 + 6700k is high end
You can run that on 500W.

Even if you could, why would you SLI low end cards instead of just buying a high end card?

>this guy is actually in Cred Forums

If you already own a low end card and you buy another one for peanuts to continue playing your games with acceptable graphics.

of course since technology these days is aiming to be more power conservative.

>midrange would be gtx 960 + i3
that's entry level there, m8.

entry level would be APU