Is a 600w power supply enough?

[bL4cKh4T]

I'm upgrading my video card in a few days to an amd rx 480 and it said that I need a 500w power supply minimum, would a 600w power supply be enough or should I go for the 750w? I also have an amd fx 6300 six core CPU but I'm buying an aftermarket heatsink for it so I can overclock it to 4.3 ghz, I have 8 GB system ram and 3 hdd's and was just wondering about the PSU. thanks for the help!

 

[PP Mguire]

A quality 550W would be more than enough.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817438053

 

[bL4cKh4T]

Cool! I already have a thermaltake 600w PSU so I'll use that one. Thanks

 

[PP Mguire]

So then why'd you ask? (I have to use Teamviewer to log into my server at home to make replies while at work, it's a tad annoying)

 

[bL4cKh4T]

I was asking because I wanted to see if the 600w was enough for my hardware in my PC plus overclocking the CPU or if I needed to buy the 750w. that's why I asked

 

[PP Mguire]

Oh I misunderstood, I thought you were going to purchase a new PSU. Which Thermaltake do you have?

 

[bL4cKh4T]

Looking at my post now, I didn't actually say that I owned the 600w PSU. Sorry about that. I was going to purchase the 750w if I had to but my PSU that I have is a thermaltake T2 600w, I found the link to the one I have: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153166
That's the one I have and right now, it's being wasted on a Pentium 4, lol I have a 350w in mine so I'm just going to switch them out

 

[PP Mguire]

Yea, and what's the deal with the P4 machine?

I'm still using both my old Thermaltake units. Toughpower 1000W and Toughpower 1350w (in my main rig now).

 

[bL4cKh4T]

The P4 machine used to be mine years ago and since i got this one, i gave it to my daughter. she just likes the small games and some games on windows store (she's 9 btw) so i figured it would be perfect for her and when i was installing a hard drive in it for her, i noticed the PSU was really good in it and thinking about it now, i don't know why i bought that good of a PSU for that PC but i'm kind of glad i did because now i don't have to buy another one. i bought that PSU new of course between a year and two ago, not sure exactly. but when i custom built this gaming rig, i don't know why i went with the 350w PSU, i think i was just trying to go cheaper on certain parts so i could go more expensive on others like the CPU, lol yea, thermaltake is a good brand and that's some good power you got. you won't have to get another one for a while.

 

[PP Mguire]

I'm actually downsizing pretty soon.

I'd get an eVGA 500b for her machine just in case.