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PSA: PSU Power/Cable Requirements and High-End Graphics Cards
Introduction: For quite some time now, PSU requirements have evolved to match the ever-growing hardware performance of our systems. Not too long ago, you could get a 600W PSU and a high-end GPU/CPU combo and be fine. Those days seem to be behind us with the latest iteration of high-end gaming hardware. With GPU's in…
Power Supply Overhead
How much overhead is enough for a power supply. I've watched some videos from gamers nexus and LTT but I'm still not sure. I am planning for a build like this: (https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WpWQJf) which estimates my power consumption to about 470W. Is that the average or maximum power draw? If I want to OC how much more…

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