Obi-wankenobi
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hello im new to the forum, im wondering if 500w 80+ bronze is enough for this setup:
AMD FX 8320E
Cooler Master Hyper T4
Motherboard Gigabyte GA 970A-UD3P
ASUS GTX 960 2GB GDDR5 Strix
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB RAM 1866 mhz
1TB HDD 7200rpm
EVGA 500w 80+ bronze
WiFi red card
Battle hawk cpu case (has 2 fans)
Monitor Vorago W21-300 21.5"
i wont overlock anything. it will be on 16 hours every day.
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bcavnaugh
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Re: is 500w 80+ bronze enough for this?
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1:02 AM
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Welcome to the Forum Obi-wankenobi I would go no lower than a Gold Rated Power Supply. Also you will really like a Full Modular Cabling.  $ 84.99P/N: 220-GS-0550-V1 EVGA SuperNOVA 550 GS Power Supply- Total Watts: 550 Watts
- +12v Rail: 45A Total
- 100% Modular
- Energy Rating: 80 Plus Gold
- Fans: 1 x 120mm
- ECO Mode: Yes
Warranty: 5 Years You get 2 more years than the 500B  P/N: 100-B1-0500-KR EVGA 500B Bronze Power Supply- Total Watts: 500 Watts
- +12v Rail: 40A Total
- Energy Rating: 80 Plus Bronze
- Fans: 1 x 120mm
- ECO Mode: No
Warranty: 3 Years For $5 you get 7 Years Warranty  P/N: 220-G2-0550-Y1 EVGA SuperNOVA 550 G2 Power Supply- Total Watts: 550 Watts
- +12v Rail: 45.8A Total
- 100% Modular
- Energy Rating: 80 Plus Gold
- Fans: 1 x 140mm
- ECO Mode: Yes
Warranty: 7 Years But Yes The 500B would work fine.
post edited by bcavnaugh - Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1:12 AM
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Obi-wankenobi
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Re: is 500w 80+ bronze enough for this?
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 4:09 AM
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thanks for your opinion, i searched all over the internet, benchmarkings, power consumption idle/load, but each site varies a lot , i got confused, the watts that appears on the box, i dont know if its the maximum , (not overclocked) , wattage it can use. so far its 3v0 haha.
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Re: is 500w 80+ bronze enough for this?
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 4:42 AM
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Obi-wankenobi
thanks for your opinion, i searched all over the internet, benchmarkings, power consumption idle/load, but each site varies a lot , i got confused, the watts that appears on the box, i dont know if its the maximum , (not overclocked) , wattage it can use. so far its 3v0 haha.
You should review the Gold Rating -v- Bronze Rating, Watts are needed but beware.
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Re: is 500w 80+ bronze enough for this?
Thursday, March 24, 2016 1:12 PM
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EVGA has an awesome tool on their website that will allow you to select your PC parts. This will calculate the power needed and they will list the EVGA power supplies you can use. Link: http://www.evga.com/power-meter/
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Re: is 500w 80+ bronze enough for this?
Thursday, March 24, 2016 1:25 PM
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I'm a fan of JonnyGuru for reviews; I always recommend looking up reviews for power supplies because they are all decidedly not created equal.
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Re: is 500w 80+ bronze enough for this?
Thursday, March 24, 2016 2:08 PM
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seth89
EVGA has an awesome tool on their website that will allow you to select your PC parts. This will calculate the power needed and they will list the EVGA power supplies you can use.
Link:
http://www.evga.com/power-meter/
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Re: is 500w 80+ bronze enough for this?
Thursday, March 24, 2016 5:17 PM
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AMD CPU need lot of power. For i5 and GTX960 550 G2 is enough.
EVGA 550 G2 is perfect for all configuration with i3, i5 with all version GM204, GTX970, GTX980 and all version of GM206 from NVIDIA.
It's not problem even i7-6700K and GTX980 both on reference clock without overclocking on 550 G2.
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Obi-wankenobi
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Re: is 500w 80+ bronze enough for this?
Thursday, March 24, 2016 5:32 PM
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but the calculator count the system as idle or load? and why not just use a 600w 80+B, instead 550w 80+ gold??? is almost twice as expensive with less energy..
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