Do i need to upgrade PSU ?

Medic-one · 2 Nov 2012 at 19:23

At the moment i've got a Asus P5b mainboard, with Quadcore intel 2.4 ghz CPU and 6 GB ram.

Next month i'll be looking at getting an mainboard/cpu/memory upgrade kitt, and seen a few overclocked bundles i like, and am probably going for this one: “Intel i5 3570k @ 4.4GHz - Asus P8Z77-V LX - 16GB Corsair DDR3 Overclocked Gaming Bundle”, or something similar.

At the moment i've got a 600w PSU.

Would i need to upgrade that to something more powerfull for that bundle/cpu or will 600w do ?

I'm also looking at upgrading my graphic card at the same time (and getting a blueray writer, and my first SSD).

I currently have a Geforce 9800GT 1024MB, which is quite a few years old now i believe.
I'm looking at the "MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card" for sale on here, or something similar.

Same question again, will my 600w PSU do for that card, or does that need upgrading as well then ?

And i might as well stick all my questions in here instead of on 3 different boards (hope that's ok), but are all blue ray writers able to burn on duel layer BD-R, or do you need a special duel layer burner (like with dvd burners) ?

OptimaLnrg · 2 Nov 2012 at 19:28

A good 600w psu is more than enough for the new system and the new card. Could easily manage two 660s on one.

The deciding factors are:

-the brand of your psu
-it's age

Medic-one · 3 Nov 2012 at 00:50

It's an "Essential ATX12V P4 Switching Power Supply, 600W"

Can't really seem to find much about that brand online, and also haven't got a clue how long i've had it for. I'm gonna guess 3 - 4 years roughly.

j.col · 3 Nov 2012 at 13:19

if that is all the info on the psu, then i would deffo buy a better branded psu, something like a seasonic, antec, xxx, corsair etc....
450w or higher should be fine

Medic-one · 3 Nov 2012 at 21:08

Cheers. I'll look into that.

But is 450 really gonna be enough ? I thought all those high end graphic cards needed really high watage PSU's ?

Orcvader · 3 Nov 2012 at 21:37

Medic-one said:
Cheers. I'll look into that.

But is 450 really gonna be enough ? I thought all those high end graphic cards needed really high watage PSU's ?

It's to cover low brand ones like yours which cheaps out on a lot of components.

A top quality 450w+ PSU is enough for your system, even with overclocking.

Medic-one · 4 Nov 2012 at 00:02

Ok thank you. I shall add a decent power supply to my little list then.

j.col · 4 Nov 2012 at 19:57

whats your budget on the psu?

ubersonic · 4 Nov 2012 at 22:59

Is the anything else on the PSU? like a model/part number or anything to help us identify it? if I remember right Silverstone and Akasa both made a series of PSU with the "Essential" moniker so if its one of those your fine.

Would be a shame to drop money on a new PSU just to find out you already have a better one.