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7/25/12 at 9:15am

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There are plenty of psu out there that are 80+ bronze certified for around $50. I wanted to know exactly how much watts I would need, and some suggestions for psu around that price range

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7/25/12 at 9:15am

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well, a 6850 and an i5 3570k dont really pull alot of watts. if it was a gtx 480 and a phenom ii thuban, that would be a different story, but your build doesnt need alot of power. i would still get a 500W psu, and make sure it is a good one. $50 psu's arent alot of money. besides it seems you spent alot of money on the system, would you want it to get ruined from a bad psu?

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7/25/12 at 9:16am

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Originally Posted by MrTOOSHORT

Overclocked your components won't exceed 300w guaranteed.

Guaranteed to the point that if he buys the PSU you recommended and it fries his components you would pay to replace them?

The 450W Rosewill Capstone posted earlier is the cheapest I would try with that level of hardware.

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7/25/12 at 9:18am

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Originally Posted by pow3rtr1p

Guaranteed to the point that if he buys the PSU you recommended and it fries his components you would pay to replace them?
The 450W Rosewill Capstone posted earlier is the cheapest I would try with that level of hardware.

The gpu takes like 125w to run, cpu will be 100w max. 50w for the components.

You don't need a 450w unit, just has to be a quality one.

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7/25/12 at 9:19am

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I'm getting mixed responses...can someone tell me how much wattage my build will pull at max load? Or redirect me to a website that will let me figure it out?

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7/25/12 at 9:23am

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An overloaded earthwatts wouldn't fry anything... This isn't diablotek we're talking about.He would be perfectly fine with a 380w earthwatts or the 430w seasonic. Cpu is 100w with a healthy oc, gpu 150w, rest of the sytem is fairly negligible. He will never even pull 380w from the wall.

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7/25/12 at 9:25am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Darth Scabrous

I'm getting mixed responses...can someone tell me how much wattage my build will pull at max load? Or redirect me to a website that will let me figure it out?

Seriously you'll only pull 250w max, maybe a tink more if you are an extreme OC'er.

Definately under 300w max for whatever you're doing with your pc overclocking wise.

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7/25/12 at 9:29am

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here is a website where you can calculate what you need, just download the application - http://psucalc.net/

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The answer is ~305w with high CPU/GPU OC's in a fairly strenuous game like BF3 and ~410w max in a completely unrealistic scenario like furmark accompanied by prime95 running simultaneously.

The aforementioned recommendations for the EA380D & The MK III 500 and anything in-between are good recommendations.

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7/25/12 at 9:31am

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Nvm, saw it was already posted.

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