Is the corsair 620W PSU up to it?

aaronhowe · 27 Nov 2008 at 14:30

Just wondering is the 620W corsiar modular psu is up to running my spec below?

Q6600@3Ghz
4GB G.Skill 8000C5 Ram
2x Seagate 500Gb HDs
1x WD Black 1TB
2x 8800GTS 512Mb
MSI P7N Diamond 780I MB
Pioneer DVDRW
Creative xfi soundcard
6x 120mm fans

I am getting random reboots and I am trying to pinpoint what is causing it.

Pilky01 · 27 Nov 2008 at 14:31

the psu can handle that fine.

richyb_safc · 27 Nov 2008 at 14:40

easily, have a glance at my sig, and I'm never anywhere close to maximum power from my psu

aaronhowe · 27 Nov 2008 at 14:44

Awesome cheers guys.

Paul2506 · 27 Nov 2008 at 15:04

Yea that's fine but for the price you might as well go for the:

Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU - £80.49 inc VAT

The one your after is:

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU - £94.29 inc VAT

This way if you ever want to upgrade your g-card to a 4870 x2 or summet you don't need a new psu

Nullvoid · 27 Nov 2008 at 15:12

Paul2506 said:
Yea that's fine but for the price you might as well go for the:

Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU - £80.49 inc VAT

The one your after is:

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU - £94.29 inc VAT

This way if you ever want to upgrade your g-card to a 4870 x2 or summet you don't need a new psu

It's a fine suggestion but he may not want to lose the convenience of modular cables.

Paul2506 · 27 Nov 2008 at 15:31

Nullvoid said:
It's a fine suggestion but he may not want to lose the convenience of modular cables.

Ahh good point m8

aaronhowe · 27 Nov 2008 at 15:32

Yea I do like the modular design otherwise its a nightmare trying to lose all the cables somewhere.

Malazan · 27 Nov 2008 at 15:44

aaronhowe said:
Yea I do like the modular design otherwise its a nightmare trying to lose all the cables somewhere.

Oh yes it's a nightmare, the horrors of finding and empty drive bay, and using cable ties to neatly and unobtrusively keep cables out of the way....

coopsjc21 · 27 Nov 2008 at 17:17

richyb_safc said:
easily, have a glance at my sig, and I'm never anywhere close to maximum power from my psu

How do you find that OCZ 600w? I just ordered one for my new build.

richyb_safc · 27 Nov 2008 at 19:39

I've never had a problem with it, I'm contemplating getting a new one soon(ish), mostly as I want one as close to silent as I can get, although this is not exactly loud! and I also fancy modular cables.

When I got this it was only powering 2gb of ram and a 8800 GTS, upgraded to 4gb of ram and added a 4870x2, a 150gb velociraptor and 6 fans and still no problems!

Sweeney · 27 Nov 2008 at 19:50

Ive got one powering my system + 9 x 120mm fans

james.miller · 27 Nov 2008 at 19:55

Malazan said:
Oh yes it's a nightmare, the horrors of finding and empty drive bay, and using cable ties to neatly and unobtrusively keep cables out of the way....

yep......oh wait :/

ins0mn1ac · 27 Nov 2008 at 19:58

coopsjc21 said:
How do you find that OCZ 600w? I just ordered one for my new build.

Its far from Stealth! does the job nicely though had mine for about 6months now.