I think this will be my final update. Found a decenly priced monitor with Freesync. Changed the 580 t0 4GB VRAM to save a bit of money. Besides 8 GB VRAM is overkill for 1080p.
Pemalite said:
Cerebralbore101 said:
Did some research on PSU units, and decided to go for a well known brand with more wattage. Apparently PSU units perform best when they only have to output 60% to 80% of their total wattage. Changed the 580 GPU to one that was recommended by logicalincrements.com.
Edit: I went back to the 3200 RAM, and am using a different board. Boards that support 3600 RAM speeds are expensive. Now using a 1TB SSD.
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Correct.
Power Supply Units have an "efficiency curve". - That will of course change depending on the load (I.E. Gaming vs Desktop), temperature (I.E. Fans spin up using more energy, PSU efficiency goes down the hotter it gets.)
For a single Radeon RX 580 and a Ryzen 2700X however, you shouldn't need anymore than a quality 600w-700w unit. And please get a quality unit, it should outlive your PC that way.
I would invest in a quality motherboard anyway. - The DDR4 speed will impact CPU performance, which will impact turn times... So don't underestimate it, I would go with a smaller SSD (500GB~) if it meant faster Ram, but that's just me personally.
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How's my current power supply? Is EVGA reliable? Is Gold Standard quality enough? Or should I drop an extra $50 on Titantium/Platinum?
