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Why does one need a bigger power supply than required?
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For christmas, im looking to get a
17 3770k
GTX 660 Ti
8 gb 1600
but i only need a 500 watt power supply
Why should i buy a bigger one?
I plan on overclocking both the cpu and gpu aswe
17 3770k
GTX 660 Ti
8 gb 1600
but i only need a 500 watt power supply
Why should i buy a bigger one?
I plan on overclocking both the cpu and gpu aswe
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People have bigger power supplies than they need because they may need the headroom to overclock or they might SLI or crossfire their GPU's or you may add new hardrives or SSD's.
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They will consume more power when overclocked ask r00t he will guide you in the right way
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Nissix76 wrote They will consume more power when overclocked ask r00t he will guide you in the right way
Thats what i was considering asking
The man seems to know his stuff.
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That is what it will need to run efficiently. So if you add like 50 or 100 mor you will be able to beyond the average usage the components need with out strain on the power. Also it is better if you want to game and ever upgrade to newer component. It shouldn't run too much more.
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I would recommend just getting an i5 and buying a GTX 670
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Lionel_Messi wrote I would recommend just getting an i5 and buying a GTX 670
OC'ing the 660 ti can get it close to on par with the gtx 670
and i get where your coming from to, that kind of would make more sense
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500 watts is plenty for that system, even overclocked. The testing here was even done on a more power-hungry system.
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I recommend 550w PSUs for 660 Ti builds pretty often and if I can, I go for 650w unit with four PCI-E connectors to support SLI. If you'll be heavily overclocking the cards in SLI, I'd recommend 750w just because.
If you're looking for a 550-750w unit, the Rosewill Hive is consistently the best PSU line for the money.
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I recommend 550w PSUs for 660 Ti builds pretty often and if I can, I go for 650w unit with four PCI-E connectors to support SLI. If you'll be heavily overclocking the cards in SLI, I'd recommend 750w just because.
If you're looking for a 550-750w unit, the Rosewill Hive is consistently the best PSU line for the money.
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