Help with choosing power supply

xMarshyy · 27 Oct 2012 at 21:26

Hello, I'm starting to get each piece for my new gaming rig,
but I'm wondering what PSU I should get, I have in mind a corsair ax750 but my friend won a Be quiet 530w PSU and he is happy to give it me for free,
my specs are:
i7 2700k
EVGA GTX 670
Corsair 16gb Vengeance ram
2 x 1tb seagate hd's
Corsair H60
1 DVD combo

So would a Be Quiet 530w be good for this rig? or should I get the ax750?

Thanks

Robbiec053 · 27 Oct 2012 at 21:29

The Be Quiet would just about be enough for this build.

The AX750 would provide enough power and sufficient headroom for you to add an extra GPU or upgrade other components further down the line.

honosuseri · 27 Oct 2012 at 21:29

Is it the Bequiet L7 or the L8 if it's modular?

I seem to recall the L7 didn't reach the rated output. I'm sure there was a thread on here many moons ago.

xMarshyy · 27 Oct 2012 at 21:36

honosuseri said:
Is it the Bequiet L7 or the L8 if it's modular?

I seem to recall the L7 didn't reach the rated output. I'm sure there was a thread on here many moons ago.

Thanks for the reply and its the L8

honosuseri · 27 Oct 2012 at 21:46

I have the 630W L8 it's a great PSU (review), very quiet. I paid £60ish quid for it from here a while back. In it's review it reached 701W before it gracefully powered down.

The 530W will be enough for your system. I hope this translated link works for the 530W review

xMarshyy · 27 Oct 2012 at 21:55

honosuseri said:
I have the 630W L8 it's a great PSU (review), very quiet. I paid £60ish quid for it from here a while back. In it's review it reached 701W before it gracefully powered down.

The 530W will be enough for your system. I hope this translated link works for the 530W review

Right thanks for that, and enough as in just enough? or will work ok?

honosuseri · 27 Oct 2012 at 21:58

670 benchmarked

Scroll down to the load power consumption benchmarks. Even if their rig was an Ivybridge CPU which uses a little less power (77W vs your 95W), you are still safe. What did you own off the specs sheet?

xMarshyy · 27 Oct 2012 at 22:04

honosuseri said:
670 benchmarked

Scroll down to the load power consumption benchmarks. Even if their rig was an Ivybridge CPU which uses a little less power (77W vs your 95W), you are still safe. What did you own off the specs sheet?

Ah thanks sounds like its ok then, if it ever went over like the 530w what would happen?

honosuseri · 27 Oct 2012 at 22:16

xMarshyy said:
Ah thanks sounds like its ok then, if it ever went over like the 530w what would happen?

Cause a thermo nuclear explosion..............just kidding

It will shut itself down safely.

What parts have you got already?

xMarshyy · 27 Oct 2012 at 22:18

honosuseri said:
Cause a thermo nuclear explosion..............just kidding It will shut itself down safely.

What parts have you got already?

Oh ****, GET TO THA BUNKAAA! :L

And the i7 2700k, Asus P8Z77-v Pro and GFX 670

I'm just very weary about the 530w :/

honosuseri · 27 Oct 2012 at 22:23

For a single GPU setup it's more than fine. You will see 500-550W spec'd on here for single GPU setups. That PSU is modular and more importantly it's free. If you dont want it, I'll take it at that price......cos you know, we are all friends here

xMarshyy · 27 Oct 2012 at 22:29

honosuseri said:
For a single GPU setup it's more than fine. You will see 500-550W spec'd on here for single GPU setups. That PSU is modular and more importantly it's free. If you dont want it, I'll take it at that price......cos you know, we are all friends here

Ok thanks for your help, ill get it of him and hopefully get my rig going

honosuseri · 27 Oct 2012 at 22:33

xMarshyy said:
Ok thanks for your help, ill get it of him and hopefully get my rig going

No worries. Come back to us for advice on the other bits if you want. 16GB of RAM is OTT for gaming but then so is the i7. If you need it for other tasks then fair enough

xMarshyy · 27 Oct 2012 at 22:38

honosuseri said:
No worries. Come back to us for advice on the other bits if you want. 16GB of RAM is OTT for gaming but then so is the i7. If you need it for other tasks then fair enough

Oh I knew that, but I'm on a Media, Animation and game development course so we have to run a lot of programs so It comes in handy

I was thinking of making a hackintosh :L but hey windows FTW!

xMarshyy · 31 Oct 2012 at 01:53

honosuseri said:
No worries. Come back to us for advice on the other bits if you want. 16GB of RAM is OTT for gaming but then so is the i7. If you need it for other tasks then fair enough

Whats your advice on a OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W PSU ? any good?

stulid · 31 Oct 2012 at 01:56

xMarshyy said:
Whats your advice on a OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W PSU ? any good?

Theres better available,

Corsair TX550M
PC Power+Cooling MKIII 500W