Is 600 Watt Enough?

[ctbrown]

I'm thinking of getting a Corsair CX Series 600 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Bronze for a new build with the components listed below...

Core i7-4790K mild overclocking
Hyper 212 CPU fan
No graphics card (using Intel graphics on CPU)
ASRock Z97 Extreme4
4 x 4gb RAM sticks
3 x 2TB HDs
1 x 500GB SSD
Needs to be able to occasionally handle 1 or 2 powered USB devices (eg Passport Drive, Travel scanner ect)

 

[spat55]

More than enough, why not lower the size to 500/550w and get a gold certified PSU? That way you can still get a GPU later on if you want but also have a very high quality PSU rather than mid quality. You will also save some electricity because it uses it better.

EDIT: Just seen that you haven't got the build yet but if I was you I would get 2X8GB RAM so you can add more later if needed and change the Asrock for something else, people have been getting some issues with them. If you don't get any problems with the board dying then it is decent.

 

[inf1nity]

If you're sure you won't need a graphics card in the future then 600W is totally OK. Infact you could get a 500W and it will be fine. Just make sure it supports the number of HDDs you plan on using.

 

[ctbrown]

EDIT: Just seen that you haven't got the build yet but if I was you I would get 2X8GB RAM so you can add more later if needed and change the Asrock for something else, people have been getting some issues with them. If you don't get any problems with the board dying then it is decent.

Thanks for the input. I already have 4x4GB sticks laying around, so I'm using those for now. If I decide to upgrade, I will probably get 4x8GB.

Also, I was a little hesitant as I have not used Asrock before, but good reviews and the fact fact that I'm getting the board from a Microcenter that's usually good about letting you swap defective items (10min walk from my work)

 

[_Rick_]

For that build, 300W is more than enough. (150W would be enough...)
So take the smallest, most efficient PSU you can find from a top brand at a decent price.

 

[smakme7757]

Yep, more than enough. With my CX500 I'm running.

1x Samsung 840 Pro SSD
1x Intel 520 SSD
4x WD 1TB
1x GTX 670
1x Bluray
Intel 3570K @ 4Ghz
1x Sound Card
4x4GB RAM (16)
Hyper 212 Pro
3x Case Fans

(CX500 only has 5 SATA power connectors, so I'm using a SATA extension cable to give me enough).

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Plenty. I have an Antec Neo ECO 620W running :

2500K @ 4.8GHz
GTX 780
SSD + 2x HDD
2x ODD
Fans, etc.

 

[Charlie98]

For that matter... a CX430 would power what you need. I've got a CX430M running a Pentium G3220... and an OC'ed GTX560Ti 448!

If you wanted a little comfort zone, go for a 500w PSU, but anything beyond that is overkill.

 

[brevin]

Plenty with a lot of room to upgrade.

 

[bakalu]

I'm thinking of getting a Corsair CX Series 600 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Bronze for a new build with the components listed below...

Core i7-4790K mild overclocking
Hyper 212 CPU fan
No graphics card (using Intel graphics on CPU)
ASRock Z97 Extreme4
4 x 4gb RAM sticks
3 x 2TB HDs
1 x 500GB SSD
Needs to be able to occasionally handle 1 or 2 powered USB devices (eg Passport Drive, Travel scanner ect)

PSU 600W is too much for your system.

 

[mindbomb]

600 watts is enough for a single graphics card and single cpu socket. So basically, it's enough for almost everyone.

 

[flash43]

Power supplys are often wayyyy overspecced.

Intel Haswell CPUs are very power efficient and with no GPU your computer will be consuming very little power. 600W is more than enough even with a high end GPU installed. I'd be confident your computer would run off a 360W PSU easy.

This review used the 280X GPU and 8350 CPU to see the power consumption (and both of these are power hungry parts)
http://stablecomputer.com/power-consumption-analysis/

while this one used a AMD APU, which has a higher TDP than the i7, and got fairly low results.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2014/01/30/amd-a10-7850k-and-a10-7700k-kaveri-review/10