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Jan 8 2018 03:37pm
on the box it says minimum wattage 500 -> i got a 650watt power supply but adding the motherboard cpu cooler ram SSD HDD -> that will go over 650 watt?? whats happening bros? help do i need to get like a 800W power supply?
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Jan 8 2018 03:55pm
you are fine
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Jan 8 2018 07:52pm
I barely pull 600 watts with a massive OC on my 5960x and sli 980 ti classifieds.
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Jan 8 2018 08:20pm
The 500w 'minimum' is meant as a system rating. Not JUST the GPU.
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Jan 9 2018 07:46am
Quote (Rikuo @ 9 Jan 2018 04:20)
The 500w 'minimum' is meant as a system rating. Not JUST the GPU.


Vouch this. And often the minimum is set pretty high to be secure.
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