power supply for OC.

njb37

njb37

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hey, i ordered a new pc few days ago with the idea of my friend building it and hes going to OC it as i have no idea. but he said that the power suppy i have ordered will limit the overclock and will just get blue screen.

just wanted to know your thoughts and if this is so what power supply i would need ... thx

my build is.


Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM

Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply

Aerocool Strike-X GT Midi Tower Case - Black

GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC)

Thermalright True Spirit 120 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1)

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS)

power supply is 550w

any help would be great.. thxs
 
ah cool, just that he said that he would be able to overclock it but maybe not to the max oc due to the power supply, guessing that oc to 4.4+gz (if the chip is willing) will be fine then?
 
It's a good PSU bud for a single GPU setup, nice that it's modular too.

I assume he will overclock the CPU and GPU. If he runs 3D benchmarks to test stability it actually demands more power than normal gaming. I would suggest you use MSI afterburner to OC the GPU. It has a small program to help test stability, then i move on to test a game rather than benchmark. Afterburner can bring up a OSD ingame to show temps,clock speed,FPS etc etc. A higher overclock can be stable for gaming but not necessarily for benchmarking ;)
 
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