PSU voltage calculator

lawrence281 · 8 Jan 2015 at 19:05

Are the online PSU calculators accurate?
What voltage would be needed for
8gb RAM,
GeForce 760,
I7 4770K

lee32uk · 8 Jan 2015 at 19:25

Most of them overestimate a bit. For a single GTX 760 and an i7 4770K then a good quality 500W-550W psu would be fine.

Something like this Superflower Golden Green HX, or if you want something modular the Antec is also good.

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1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 520W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £62.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
Total : £132.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

dacads · 8 Jan 2015 at 20:20

They overestimate for a good reason, to take into consideration overclocking, capacity degradation etc

I would be looking at 650w at least and 750w if overclocking

lawrence281 · 8 Jan 2015 at 20:31

dacads said:
They overestimate for a good reason, to take into consideration overclocking, capacity degradation etc

I would be looking at 650w at least and 750w if overclocking

Are you sure? Because I've been using my Antec high current gaming 520W for a year now and it's fine haha, But eventually, Im overclocking so i assume i may need to upgrade? also to something modular

dacads · 8 Jan 2015 at 20:43

lawrence281 said:
Are you sure? Because I've been using my Antec high current gaming 520W for a year now and it's fine haha, But eventually, Im overclocking so i assume i may need to upgrade? also to something modular

Yeah that's why it's better to get a higher wattage PSU in the first place, rather than having to faff around later

Also capacity degradation happens over a longer term not one year

This would be a good choice:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-012-EA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2390

lawrence281 · 9 Jan 2015 at 07:36

dacads said:
Yeah that's why it's better to get a higher wattage PSU in the first place, rather than having to faff around later

Also capacity degradation happens over a longer term not one year

This would be a good choice:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-012-EA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2390

How Quiet is that PSU?, I recently bought a Phanteks Enthoo Pro case, I guess its not the best case for silencing. but oh well

lawrence281 · 9 Jan 2015 at 07:37

dacads said:
Yeah that's why it's better to get a higher wattage PSU in the first place, rather than having to faff around later

Also capacity degradation happens over a longer term not one year

This would be a good choice:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-012-EA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2390

Also, do people buy used PSU'S lol? if i was to sell my Antec