Enough power Question

[taylor2]

Ok so im going to have a 660 ti and a i53570k and have a OCZ ZT 550w with a bronze 80 plus rating
heres the link to the power supply -http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341050

i know ill have enough power just for an initial setup but will i need a better power supply if i over clock the i53570k to around 4 - 4.5?

 

[Bobnova]

Nope, you have plenty of juice for that setup.

 

[raident30]

that's more than enough man! and yes you need more than 550w if you're gonna overclock to 4.5ghz and i highly doubt you're gonna leave your gpu at stock, you're gonna overclock that soon enough... all im saying is you need some headroom if you are gonna overclock...

 

[Bobnova]

660 Ti can't draw more than 173w or so, it actively tracks its power consumption and downclocks/undervolts to stay in it. It does that to stay under 150w normally, if you crank the boost % slider all the way over to +15% you increase that number to ~173w.
That's really the only OCing you can do.

A IB at 4.5GHz might draw 120w on a bad day. That's 300w, the rest of the system might eat 100w if you have a ton of fans and HDDs.

A 550w will be fine, even OCing.

 

[raident30]

660 Ti can't draw more than 173w or so, it actively tracks its power consumption and downclocks/undervolts to stay in it. It does that to stay under 150w normally, if you crank the boost % slider all the way over to +15% you increase that number to ~173w.
That's really the only OCing you can do.

A IB at 4.5GHz might draw 120w on a bad day. That's 300w, the rest of the system might eat 100w if you have a ton of fans and HDDs.

A 550w will be fine, even OCing.

this is correct i agree..... well for me i just wanna have some headroom so that i can breath easy...