just upgraded power supply. whats the best way to show

>>57878991
your CPU uses 220w, your motherboard, RAM, hard drives, etc are another ~50w.

Your GPU is at most pulling ~150w.

So you have a total system power draw of ~550w at MOST.

a quality PSU in the 700w range would make more sense.

And most CPUs these days will use far less than that, intel TDP is down under 100w for their CPUs in the consumer space. And even OC'd they only hit ~150w.

>>57878991
>show it off
what
your psu is not the equivalent of the engine in a car, just in case you're mentally handicapped

>>57879062
ya i know, thats why im asking for advice on HOW to show off

>>57879053
im preparing for a 1080 hopefully, and also want about 4 more SSD's

>>57879167
3 way 1080 sli.

>>57879167
but why would you want to show off your psu

>>57879167
>preparing for a 1080 hopefully
that's 180w TDP, your current GPU is basically 50w lower.

New tech comes with lower power draw.


Litearlly zero reason for 1000w PSU outside of dual CPU or quad GPU setups.

>>57879167
You're going to bottleneck a 1080 with a noose using that CPU

>>57879228
really? i thought i had a semi beefy CPU, enlighten me.

>>57879053
My 4790k hits 200w in stress tests

>>57878991
Your electricity bill

>>57879313
Oh really?
How do you measure that?

>>57879313
Your total system power draw during a stress test probably, I highly doubt just your CPU is doing that though.

>>57879312
Lol, AMD cores are basically half as powerful as an intel core at the same clock speed, so a 4GHz 8 core AMD is about as powerful as a quad core 4GHz intel.

further, since most older games only use 1-4 cores, the 4 of the 8 cores of the AMD are often not even being used.

>>57879313
>200w in CPU alone
Either you OC that at 5.5 ghz or you are spewing bullshit

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>>57878991
Use a picture anon.

>>57879524
>$250 PSU
wew lad

>>57879533
Normally I'd give someone like you shit, but fuck me if that isn't complete and utter overkill.

>>57879524
I hope to god you got a fantastic deal on that or something.

>>57879524
>1300W PSU
>400W build

iKek'd

>>57879390
>about as powerful
Uh, no. Even hyperthread/normal i3s will be better than an outdated architecture of a shitty refresh that was nothing but rebrand since it was made.

>>57880349
Also, "8 core" ayymd CPUs are basically 4 "hyperthreaded" cores. There are 8 physical cores on the CPU itself but the way it was made was utter fucking bullshit as it does not work the same way any 8 core would work. Plus, 4GHz on an 8350 vs 4GHz on 4690k has a HUGE gap in CPU performance when compared.