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    Question Is this PSU enough?

    I'll buy this PC build in few days:
    CPU: I5-6600k
    MOBO: MSI Z170A Gaming PRO Carbon
    GPU: MSI R9 390
    Case: Silentium PC Gladius M45W + 2 fans on top
    Cooler: Silentium PC Fortis 3 HE1425
    RAM: 2x 8Gb HyperX Savage 2400MhZ
    HDD: WD Blue 1Tb
    SSD: Transcend 128Gb
    + DVD Burer

    So, my question is: Is be Quiet! Power Zone 650W enough for this build?

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    Re: Is this PSU enough?

    That depends on what you're going to fill all of those expansion slots of that big ATX motherboard with.

    650W has about 200W spare capacity so it should suffice for most things, but a second 390 will need a bigger PSU.

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    Re: Is this PSU enough?

    As per Endless.It will be fine at this stage, but if you're goping crossfire or adding other accessories I'd consider going up a size.
    Society's to blame,
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    Re: Is this PSU enough?

    That should be plenty fine and should give you some overclock headroom for both gpu/cpu.

    theres a handy calculator from cm that can be used to estimate power usage:

    http://www.coolermaster.com/power-supply-calculator/

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    Re: Is this PSU enough?

    Quote Originally Posted by chumpydiggity View Post
    That should be plenty fine and should give you some overclock headroom for both gpu/cpu.

    theres a handy calculator from cm that can be used to estimate power usage:

    http://www.coolermaster.com/power-supply-calculator/
    Unless they've massively improved, I'd highly recommend NOT using calculators since they seem to be wildly inaccurate. Instead, check reviews which measure real power usage.

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    Re: Is this PSU enough?

    Coolermaster use the eXtreme Outervision calculator, http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator and that's by far the most accurate and frequently updated of them ime.

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    Re: Is this PSU enough?

    A quick run through the Be Quiet! PSU calculator with my 2 configurations shows that it's simplistic, inconsistent and inaccurate.

    Use my rig as your first calculation then switch to an i3 3220 and an R9 270.

    Socket 1155 does not support the E3-1230 v3. Why does the latter calculation get flagged for connectors (my 970 has 1x 8-pin, my 270 uses 1x 6-pin)? No consideration given for optical drives (or lack of), USB powered devices, fan controllers...
    Last edited by satrow; 29-06-2016 at 10:48 AM. Reason: Post referred tto deleted.

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