Do i need a new PSU?

lawrence281 · 9 Jan 2015 at 18:43

My specs are
I7 4770K
GeForce 760
8GM RAM
4 case fans

I currently have the Antec high current gamer 520W gamer, but will it be enough for when I overclock my CPU? Do i need to upgrade? if so what PSU voltage and brand is best?

stulid · 9 Jan 2015 at 19:04

You do not need a new PSU, the one you have is made by Seasonic so of great quality.

It is more than enough for that spec and overclocking, you can even swap your GFX card out for a 970/980/290 etc and keep using it.

pastymuncher · 9 Jan 2015 at 19:16

Just to back up what Stulid says, no, you don't need a new psu. Your's is a decent unit built by Seasonic and has 480w on the 12v rail. I can't even make my pc pull that much power and you only have a GTX760.

lawrence281 · 9 Jan 2015 at 20:11

stulid said:
You do not need a new PSU, the one you have is made by Seasonic so of great quality.

It is more than enough for that spec and overclocking, you can even swap your GFX card out for a 970/980/290 etc and keep using it.

Haha thanks, But i hardly see the point of upgrading to a stronger GPU, my 760 runs every game on ultra, what need is there

just asking

stulid · 9 Jan 2015 at 20:12

You know for future reference when games start to struggle.

lawrence281 · 9 Jan 2015 at 20:29

stulid said:
You know for future reference when games start to struggle.

And when will that happen xD? in few years lol

RJC · 9 Jan 2015 at 20:30

Also it depends on the games played

But its hard to say, when you find you need to turn down the graphic settings and if you up the monitor res.

lawrence281 · 9 Jan 2015 at 20:39

RJC said:
Also it depends on the games played

But its hard to say, when you find you need to turn down the graphic settings and if you up the monitor res.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-022-AO&tool=3
This is the monitor I recently got, its amazing, not too sure if it was worth it though for the G-Sync haha, but oh well. Only dont understand, i was playing far cry 4, and the video options had a "Nvidia" setting and that made it worse, Ultra worked fine though.