Getting ready for Newegg sales

[Luke 1,574]

Im with Btc, that PSU is fine. Go 650w if you see more hard drives or a 780+/290x+ in your future.

A devil's canyon + a low end amd card will barely scratch 350 tdp.

[Floofies 2,470]

Im with Btc, that PSU is fine. Go 650w if you see more hard drives or a 780+/290x+ in your future.

A devil's canyon + a low end amd card will barely scratch 350 tdp.

Hmm. If I go with a refurbished 650W I actually wind up saving a few bucks, so why not go with 650W?

BTW I'm open to just buying a prebuilt if it has better/same specs for the same price. Kind of like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229496

[Sceny 3,138]

refurbished

Crappy warranty?

Also, I've been using a 550w psu with multiple setups - Overclocked Phenom + 6670, Overclocked Phenom + 7870 and now a overclocked i5 4690K + 7870 - I don't recall having any issue with my 550w power supply.

Stock wattage for Phenom was 125w.

Stock wattage for 7870 was 170w.

Edited November 28, 2014 by Sceny

[Btcc22 691]

How so?

 

Because you're using parts with far lower draw than my PC and having done the calculations for my own machine, I know it'd work on 500w (albeit just about). You could stick a high-end card* in there with 500w.

 

*Nvidia's (x80 cards) would work fine but I haven't done the calculations for AMD's cards, although I'd expect them to be fine, with perhaps a couple of exceptions.

 

 

Hmm. If I go with a refurbished 650W I actually wind up saving a few bucks, so why not go with 650W?

BTW I'm open to just buying a prebuilt if it has better/same specs for the same price. Kind of like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229496

 

Don't buy cheapo brand or possibly dodgy PSUs. /assumption

Edited November 28, 2014 by Btcc22

[Takka 13,376]

There should always be headroom of at least 100w when you're doing a build, because it's hard to be sure of what exactly will be enough. PSU calculators are not to be trusted.

[Btcc22 691]

There should always be headroom of at least 100w when you're doing a build, because it's hard to be sure of what exactly will be enough. PSU calculators are not to be trusted.

 

You can trust the manufacturers of the parts to be correct, for the most part. If not, look at reviews for true numbers.

[Luke 1,574]

A PSU is the last part I'd ever buy refurb. I'd buy refurb SSDs before buying a refurb PSU. At least data loss doesn't burn the house down.

[Floofies 2,470]

Crappy warranty?

According to Newegg, the refurbished PSU comes with a 5 year manufacturer warranty. The new PSU's only come with a 3 year warranty.

Actually now that I think of it, it doesn't matter what the warranty is. If it fries other shit it won't matter... I'll go for this PSU then: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139048

 

It's not 650W, but it's 100 more watts than 500.

Parts are on their way! Thanks for the help!