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550W PSU

Physical Product · Power supplies · 8 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/buildapc

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Pros

  • 550 would do it. 850 is tons. 1000 is getting crazy.
  • A 550W PSU, also try and buy that new
  • You would just need to buy a 550W PSU for around 50-60 USD.
  • And as for the PSU just look for 550W PSU which is rated gold or silver and atleast B on the PSU tierlist.

Cons

  • I'm sure that the PSU isn't super high quality either so really you'll be starting fresh anyway.
  • I got a AsRock X370 killer SLI, AMD Ryzen 7 1700, RX 570 and 550W PSU for $120. Today I put everything into a case and since I already had a ssd with windows 11 and all my data from a dell optiplex I thought it was just plug and play. Tu...
  • 550W PSU
  • I recently bought a small home server (Celeron N5015, 16GB RAM, one NVMe drive for the OS and services and up to 6 HDDs) and the included 550W PSU is pretty noisy.

Sentiment

4 positive (50%) · 0 mixed (0%) · 4 negative (50%)

Trust + time weighted score: -18% · raw score 0%

What redditors said (8 of 8)

550 would do it. 850 is tons. 1000 is getting crazy.
positive · u/9**m · r/buildapc · comment · Mar 31, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
A 550W PSU, also try and buy that new
positive · u/N****3 · r/buildapc · comment · Mar 27, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I'm sure that the PSU isn't super high quality either so really you'll be starting fresh anyway.
negative · u/I****1 · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 16, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I got a AsRock X370 killer SLI, AMD Ryzen 7 1700, RX 570 and 550W PSU for $120. Today I put everything into a case and since I already had a ssd with windows 11 and all my data from a dell optiplex I thought it was just plug and play. Turns out the cpu isn’t compatible with windows 11.
negative · u/D****e · r/buildapc · Mar 19, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
550W PSU
negative · u/M****0 · r/buildapc · Mar 6, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I recently bought a small home server (Celeron N5015, 16GB RAM, one NVMe drive for the OS and services and up to 6 HDDs) and the included 550W PSU is pretty noisy.
negative · u/m****n · r/buildapc · Jan 25, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
You would just need to buy a 550W PSU for around 50-60 USD.
positive · u/B****4 · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 22, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
And as for the PSU just look for 550W PSU which is rated gold or silver and atleast B on the PSU tierlist.
positive · u/B****4 · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 13, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

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