How many watts does your system actually need?

[Thelosouvlakia]

The only thing that you can break when OCing your CPU is... your CPU. Potentially your motherboard if you get a really shit one. Also, I'm fairly certain you cannot overclock on the H81 chipset?

Because the CPU is a joke in terms of power consumption some manufacturers have brought out BIOS updates for their lower end 1150 chipset motherboards that will allow ONLY multiplier overclocking.

 

[makhuyatz]

The only thing that you can break when OCing your CPU is... your CPU. Potentially your motherboard if you get a really shit one. Also, I'm fairly certain you cannot overclock on the H81 chipset?

I'd follow Barnsley's advice and save up for the GTX 750 Ti. You could even use the stock CPU cooler for now to save even more money and as said you really don't need 6 fans for this set-up, nor a fan controller.

Lastly, I get that fancy lighting in your case is cool and all, but these really aren't things you should be spending money on with your budget. Get the core components now (mobo, CPU, GPU, HDD, case, PSU, RAM), then start saving up for extras such as an aftermarket CPU cooler, fans or lighting.

Sad to say but i'm really 'noob' on building a pc. im just trying to learn these things by reading forums about ocing, etc. and that's where i read where some components (connected on the mobo) would also break if the mobo had died on failed ocing.
i think i'll just take my time and gain more knowledge about these things before investing on mid to high end pc components. thanks for the insight though

sorry for my bad english.

 

[Dartanion74]

Upgrading Gaming Rig with new GPU

Hello!
I am new here and just watched the video today about Power Supply requirements - So without further adieu - here are the specs:

Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-8320 16 °C
Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 669MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. 970A-DS3P (CPU 1) 37 °C
Graphics
ASUS VW266H (1920x1200@59Hz) Monitor LEFT
SyncMaster (1920x1080@60Hz) Monitor RIGHT
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 (EVGA) 68 °C
Storage
1863GB Western Digital WDC WD20EFRX-68EUZN0 ATA Device (SATA) 31 °C
465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB ATA Device (SSD) 35 °C
223GB KINGSTON SV300S37A240G ATA Device (SSD) 32 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EALX-009BA0 ATA Device (SATA) 35 °C
Optical Drives
ATAPI DVD A DH24ABS ATA Device
Cooler
Corsair H60 120mm Radiator for the CPU
Power Supply Currently: OCZ 80 Rated 700 Watt Model OCZ700MXSP


I would like to upgrade to the EVGA Nvidia 780 GTX 3GB FTW card (runs for about $245.00 US on Amazon.com) Will my Rig handle the card based on the current specs? I am thinking it would with overhead to spare but I wanted an honest opinion. Thank you all - love the site and forums here!

Regards
Dartanion74
Orlando, FL USA

 

[Tolemac]

OCZ = Get rid quickly

 

[tinytomlogan]

Hello!
I am new here and just watched the video today about Power Supply requirements - So without further adieu - here are the specs:

Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-8320 16 °C
Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 669MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. 970A-DS3P (CPU 1) 37 °C
Graphics
ASUS VW266H (1920x1200@59Hz) Monitor LEFT
SyncMaster (1920x1080@60Hz) Monitor RIGHT
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 (EVGA) 68 °C
Storage
1863GB Western Digital WDC WD20EFRX-68EUZN0 ATA Device (SATA) 31 °C
465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB ATA Device (SSD) 35 °C
223GB KINGSTON SV300S37A240G ATA Device (SSD) 32 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EALX-009BA0 ATA Device (SATA) 35 °C
Optical Drives
ATAPI DVD A DH24ABS ATA Device
Cooler
Corsair H60 120mm Radiator for the CPU
Power Supply Currently: OCZ 80 Rated 700 Watt Model OCZ700MXSP


I would like to upgrade to the EVGA Nvidia 780 GTX 3GB FTW card (runs for about $245.00 US on Amazon.com) Will my Rig handle the card based on the current specs? I am thinking it would with overhead to spare but I wanted an honest opinion. Thank you all - love the site and forums here!

Regards
Dartanion74
Orlando, FL USA

On paper it will all run fine, but there is a general consensus here that OCZ power supplies are not really that good. They have not been made for a long time either so I would put it on the upgrade list when you can

 

[JR23]

For SLI 780's at stock, especially with a not particularly efficient CPU then I would look at 850W power supplies and for heavy overclocks even higher. 700W would probably work for sure but it's very close to it's limits and from what i've heard about OCZ any power at all is close to their limit. But I have no experience with them, it's not something I would ever attempt to combine with nice hardware like SLI 780's. Amazing that they are still available in off the shelf in the US actually.

JR