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I am looking at getting a new psu and I am not sure what size I need. Rather than just ask for recommendations I wondered if there is a way of calculating it. I assume it is just a matter of adding up the loads of everything in pc and then getting a psu powerful enough to cover it.
It is easy to get the power of a cpu and graphics cards aren't too bad although nvidia gives figures whereas ATI just seem to give a recommended size of psu but the info can usually be found on reviews. However I don't know how much power the other components need, ie
motherboard (in addition to cpu)
ram (is power used set by size or no of sticks)
hard drives & ssd
optical drives
fans
extra cards pci etc
plugin devices ie usb etc
Perhaps if this info could be sorted then it could be made into a sticky so people could work out what they need themselves rather than keep asking for recommendations?
thanks
It is easy to get the power of a cpu and graphics cards aren't too bad although nvidia gives figures whereas ATI just seem to give a recommended size of psu but the info can usually be found on reviews. However I don't know how much power the other components need, ie
motherboard (in addition to cpu)
ram (is power used set by size or no of sticks)
hard drives & ssd
optical drives
fans
extra cards pci etc
plugin devices ie usb etc
Perhaps if this info could be sorted then it could be made into a sticky so people could work out what they need themselves rather than keep asking for recommendations?
thanks