PSU for x570 board, advice ?

fergiet · 25 Jun 2020 at 14:51

The MSI Tomahawk has an extra 4 pin power socket next to the main one. Anyone know which PSU is suitable?
650 or 750 watt 80+ bronze/gold.

Thanks in advance

Joxeon · 25 Jun 2020 at 16:30

The extra 4pin is only needed if your planning to do some LN2 overclocking.

What sort of wattage psu you need will depend of what other hardware your running like CPU/Gpu.

pastymuncher · 25 Jun 2020 at 19:30

As above, it's only really needed for very heavy overclocking with the top end cpu's. What psu do you currently have and what are your system specs?

StonedPriest · 25 Jun 2020 at 19:48

For my new X570 build I went with a Seasonic PX, personally I would only buy PSU's from either Seasonic or Super Flower.

Availability may be an issue at the moment however...

fergiet · 26 Jun 2020 at 11:58

pastymuncher said:
As above, it's only really needed for very heavy overclocking with the top end cpu's. What psu do you currently have and what are your system specs?

Hi, my system is past it's sell by date. Intel i5 2500k on Asus P68 pro board. PSU is a 650w Antec.
So looking to upgrade and future proof to some extent.

EsaT · 26 Jun 2020 at 17:12

fergiet said:
Hi, my system is past it's sell by date. Intel i5 2500k on Asus P68 pro board. PSU is a 650w Antec.
So looking to upgrade and future proof to some extent.

For basic web surfing/email reading/Word use that CPU is still compretent.