Hello folks, hope you are having a great day, now to the point:
As the title says really, I am going to upgrade my rig (again) and want to start building from scratch. I have a case, very good cooler, Blu-ray drive, DVD writer (both internal), 2TB WD black, Asus Xonar DX PCI-E x1, Killer 2100 PCI-E x1 (gaming networking card). Now, I am going to start with a new PSU, to run in my backup PC for a while (the old one is dying!) and was thinking about fanless. I will be getting GA-Z77-D3H, i5 3570k, GTX 670, 8 gigs of 1.5V ram (2 sticks) and 256GB SSD. I have used this power calculator, applied overclock I am going to be aiming for (4.5 with 1.35V, will stick with less if the chip ain't good) and added all external USB deviced etc. It came up with recommended wattage of 454W. The PC will be used for gaming, primarily. No folding, no rendering etc - not really demanding applications. I am thinking about getting Seasonix X-460, is it pushing it too much? I know there should be some headroom, but those are PEAK wattages that I will probably never get to.. And the PSU is supposed to have really good efficiency in full load..
What would you suggest? I know there are cheaper 550 or 650 PSU's, I just put noise on a first place and the idea of fanless sounds great to me.. If it makes difference, my room is usually around 22 - 24 degrees, PSU is located on bottom of the case, good airflow throughout.
Anyone will try to put me off this idea?
As the title says really, I am going to upgrade my rig (again) and want to start building from scratch. I have a case, very good cooler, Blu-ray drive, DVD writer (both internal), 2TB WD black, Asus Xonar DX PCI-E x1, Killer 2100 PCI-E x1 (gaming networking card). Now, I am going to start with a new PSU, to run in my backup PC for a while (the old one is dying!) and was thinking about fanless. I will be getting GA-Z77-D3H, i5 3570k, GTX 670, 8 gigs of 1.5V ram (2 sticks) and 256GB SSD. I have used this power calculator, applied overclock I am going to be aiming for (4.5 with 1.35V, will stick with less if the chip ain't good) and added all external USB deviced etc. It came up with recommended wattage of 454W. The PC will be used for gaming, primarily. No folding, no rendering etc - not really demanding applications. I am thinking about getting Seasonix X-460, is it pushing it too much? I know there should be some headroom, but those are PEAK wattages that I will probably never get to.. And the PSU is supposed to have really good efficiency in full load..
What would you suggest? I know there are cheaper 550 or 650 PSU's, I just put noise on a first place and the idea of fanless sounds great to me.. If it makes difference, my room is usually around 22 - 24 degrees, PSU is located on bottom of the case, good airflow throughout.
Anyone will try to put me off this idea?