Spooky times ahead

[piccolo289]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TsvFVn

My budget was cut down by 100$. Is this good for 500$, i can software swap the os.

[Helios]

Looks good to me

[Shobi]

Hi Piccolo
I'm new to Dolphin (I registered just to answer your question), but I've been building PCs for years.
I would recommend upgrading the PSU a bit to at minimum 550W, maybe more if you can afford.
You might run ok for a while on 500W, but it's a very tight power budget and it could run you into trouble.

Just a suggestion!

[AnyOldName3]

500W is fine.

[Shobi]

AMD graphics suck power like nothing else.

Quote from the manufacturer's page for that card model:
REQUIREMENTS
External Power - 6-pins : 1
External Power - 8-pins : 1
Minimum Power Supply Requirement : 750 watt

See:
http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/amd-radeon-r9-300-series/amd-radeon-r9-380-4gb-double-dissipation-r9-380p-4255

Anything less than that, may run well for a while, or you might get random reboots or other weird troubles when the system
gets warm. Power issues are no fun and can be weird to troubleshoot too.

[Shobi]

Oops I linked to the wrong card model...
Regardless, the power requirements are the same:
http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/amd-radeon-r9-300-series/amd-radeon-r9-380-2gb-double-dissipation-black-edition-r9-380p-2285

[Garteal]

AMD cards do consume more power in general, but he should be fine with a quality 500w PSU.
Manufacturers add a lot to the specs to safeguard themselves from people who don't know what they're doing.

As a reference, here's some actual power consumption data.

[Shobi]

Agreed the manufacturer's spec requirements are always high, and actual consumption is lower.
That's not a big surprise.

500W is still a very tight power-budget for that GPU. That's why I suggested 550W or more if he can afford it.
I don't even know if that model PSU has the correct pin connectors for that GPU card.

Running any PSU above 80% of it's max rated load for prolonged time (like for gaming) is going to wear it out faster.

Analogy to what I'm saying: I'm "fine" running my car tires past the recommended mileage too, but I'm risking a blow-out by doing so.

[ENAI]

That rig will stay under 400W under full load. Hell, I have a 500W PSU and I run an i5 4690 and a GTX 970. PSU recommendations have really blown out of proportions nowadays, and while I'm absolutely for having a little extra juice for the machine, having a 500W is just that. He could be fine with a 450W or even a 400W, but that would be really pushing it.

Here's a little something something: http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator It didn't have the 6100 yet but the 4360 should represent it just fine. Got 335W full load.

[mimimi]

Personally, i would use a slower GPU, and invest more money into a faster cpu and a ssd. When you get slowdowns while doing non gaming stuff, you are limited 99% of the time by the HDD. And when you lag in a game, it might be the cpu or it might be the gpu. If it's the gpu, you reduce the settings to get rid of the lag. If the cpu is too slow, you are screwed. Also, the cpu is more important for Dolphin than the gpu. Something like a 3.x Ghz recent intel i5 should do fine.