How strong of a power supply will I want to go with if I do plan on doing some mild overclocking (nothing that stock cooling can't handle reasonably well)?

Ryzen 1700
B350
16 gb ddr4 ~3000 mhz ram
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0+
250 gb 850 evo
1tb wd/seagate HDD

Minimum: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/N6X2FT/evga-power-supply-220gs0550v1



What I would get: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/9q4NnQ/evga-power-supply-220g20650y1

I'd go 650w evga g3

go for 620w Seasonic

650 for headroom

Any solid brand 600 works.
and will have headroom.

it's not about the "strong," it's about the quality too

All power supplies are running at peak efficiency at around 50% load. Also factor in if you want to potentially upgrade to a higher wattage Cpu/Gpu in the future.

so calculate your total system wattage. and double it to find the ideal PSU.

IE if you calculate 250 watts, find a 500ish watt PSU. If you plan on upgrading in the future maybe pick up a 600-650 watt PSU So that your current rig is still pretty efficient now and in the future.





Besides wattage, the 80+ bronze,silver, gold ratings just mean that they are even more efficient and will run cooler and probably last longer.

I would suggest 80+ Bronze as a minimum because it runs 85% efficient at 50% load and they usually don't have a huge price premium.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80_Plus

This post was edited by kclla on Oct 7 2017 11:41am

80+ Means they run at 80% or above efficiency at 20-50-100% load.

So 20-100 is the ideal range for efficiency.