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Will the Seasonic X-560 PSU suffice. Help please

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robertxc

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Hello gurus.
Here is the system i am putting together and am struggling to find enough 'good' information regarding psu wattage required. This is NOT a gaming machine, photo and video editing with VFX processing:

CPU - i7-2600K
MB - ASUS p8p67 PROV3
VID - NVIDIA 560Ti
MEM - 4x4-16GB
SSD - Calisto 120GB
HDD - 2TB Caviar Black, sata 6g/s
1 BD-RW
Case 2fan 120mm, possibly 1 extra
KB + Mouse + tablet

Based on the research that i have done with the Seasonic X-560 80PlusGOLD i should have some headroom for some mild overclocking of the SB system ( nothing extravagant )

Thoughts, comments, suggestions ...Your help would be greatly appreciated

Robert 😀
 
The X-560 that you have should be more than enough... I use the same PSU as yours and I never hit 300 watts using a digital power mini meter (only the CPU power cord plugged in to it).

Here's my rig:

Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE (@3.2 Ghz)
Motherboard: MSI 785GM-E65
Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus (Push-Pull) / 2x120mm Deep Cool Wind Blade Case Fans
Memory: Kingston Value (2x2GB)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 5770 Hawk
Hard Disk: Barracuda 7200.9(2x80GB-RAID 0), Barracuda 7200.10(1x250GB), Spinpoint F3(1x1TB)
Optical Drive: LG GSA-H55L
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DX
TV Tuner Card: WinFast TV2000XP Global
PSU: Seasonic X-560
 
I will be using a Seasonic X-560 on a similar rig myself. GPU will be a GTX560. The initial CPU will probably be a 740BE, later to become either a BD or SB chip. I do play games, so the GPU will be under reasonable load. Unless your video editing uses CUDA, yours won't be at all.
 
Diogenes2 said:
Can you have too much head room ? 😀
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For sure. It just makes you idle at higher than necessary power because of bad efficiency at low loads.

I'd get Seasonic S12II 430W for this configuration but the X560 has a strong feature: it's completely silent in idle (and also fully modular).
 
Getting the XFX XXX 650W mentioned earlier is a better option than the Seasonic X-560. The X-560 is a lot better than the XFX in terms of quality but definitely not a good choice in the long run.

With the 650W headroom from the XFX you can do a GTX560 Ti SLi in the future. You can do the same with the X-560 but it would be near or exceed the rated power during heavy gaming.

You don't need a fully modular PSU like the X-560 as well because definitely you would need a few basic cables to power the computer. The XFX is already semi modular which is better in my opinion.
 
The seasonic is dead silent and has very very stable voltages. The build QA on the seasonic is much much better then XFX. I have that PSU coming friday for my Dads new pc...
 
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robertxc said:
Thx Animal ...
do you think that the 560 is overkill or just right ?

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I actually think that for your purposes, the x-560 is overkill. You can get the fanless x-460 for about $25 less after rebate: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817151099.

I'm not sure what the GPU load of photo-editing is, but I doubt it's anywhere near as heavy as gaming, so for a non-gaming build, I'd consider saving a bit of money. Even a gaming load on that system wouldn't go over about 325w.

I can't find a review of the x-460, but the x-400 was found to be able to put out an incredible 600w: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Seasonic-X-400-Fanless-Power-Supply-Review/1073/8. These PSUs are seriously underrated.
 
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Another vote for Seasonic. You likely won't find a better PSU quality wise. If modularity isn't that important, newegg has the S12II 520W Bronze @ $60 free shipping.

I know the 520w is also pretty quiet although I don't believe the fan shuts off completely at low levels. I purchased a 520w a few months ago for an older rig and loved it. Got myself a x650 for my main rig and absolutely love it. Since the 520w will have more than enough power for your rig, if you aren't concerned too much about modular cabling you should buy the 520w. It's such a good deal for an amazing PSU.
 
You can push a power supply to its max power, but if you value silence I would recommend getting a power supply where max system load is maybe 60-70% of supply rated.
 
Got the 560 installed in my Dad's system

Intel I5 2400
8GB DDR3
MSI P67 MB
MSI 6870
Crucial M4 SSD
Xfi Soundcard

Runs the above perfect, dead silent very happy...
 
The X-560 handles my system without a sign of sweat, don't even hear its fan at full system load. Also have 2x2TB drives not listen in sig, and DVD burner.
 
Gevorg I see you have the Mugen 2 as I do. Can I ask what temps (idle/load) you get with the 2500K OC'd and what RPM it's at?
 
I want to say youll be stable. How many rails does the SeaSonic one have ?

for example I got quad rails @ 18amp each.

The system will boot up with that 560w I bet it will work too. Something just tells me if you OC the 2600k + you OC the video card then I dont know how much this seashore psu can handle... Why dont you grab a 600 or 650w version. be on safe side plus head room for future devices. gg
 
lehtv said:
Gevorg I see you have the Mugen 2 as I do. Can I ask what temps (idle/load) you get with the 2500K OC'd and what RPM it's at?
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Idle at 38C, ~650RPM. BIOS set to "silent" CPU fan speed (my current setting).
Idle at 30C, ~900RPM. BIOS set to "normal" CPU fan speed.

Load at around 60-68C, depending on room temp. ~1200RPM.

The Gigabyte motherboard BIOS sucks for fan speed adjustments (none at all for case fans), next time will probably get back to Asus or Intel boards.

EDIT: The OC at 4.2GHz and 1.3v is very conservative, I can easily push it further but don't want to increase the noise/heat.
 
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Thanks. I have a pretty conservative i7 920 OC (3.2 at 1.2v) and I get similar temps as you. Silent mode in BIOS. idle ~400-500rpm 40-44C, load ~1300rpm 62C or something.

The motherboard fan control doesn't really matter if you just get a basic 5.25" fan controller. But ofc it's nice not to have to need that.
 
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tweakboy said:
I want to say youll be stable. How many rails does the SeaSonic one have ?

for example I got quad rails @ 18amp each.

The system will boot up with that 560w I bet it will work too. Something just tells me if you OC the 2600k + you OC the video card then I dont know how much this seashore psu can handle... Why dont you grab a 600 or 650w version. be on safe side plus head room for future devices. gg
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lord help him..
 
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