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Darkmike

Darkmike

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How can you tell if your psu is got enough wastts for my spec???

OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply

Ive got that atm 4:
an overclocked q6600
gigabyte extreme p45 board
ATI 3870xt
4gb ocz ddr2 800mhz
creative fatalty card
a few fans and an antec 900

after hearing things worried bout it poping n ruining the rest

Cheers!
 
That 600W will be fine, search google for an online wattage calculator like this one: http://www.vbutils.com/power.asp and fill out your spec (there is a better one but I can't remember what site it's on). All this talk of 850W PSU's is overkill unless you have several GPUs.

For a nice sense of real usage you could also search these forums for the thread about how much power a PC actually draws which lists findings taken from forum members and their own PCs.
 
Bling-bling based to ripple prone FSP Epsilon platform.
Would prefer Corsair VX450 over those.

In any case peak draw of those parts will be around 250W.


Geckovich said:
That 600W will be fine, search google for an online wattage calculator like this one: http://www.vbutils.com/power.asp
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What a sh*tload of bullsh*t... Could as well recommend installing this into car!
http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/

You'll better replace that link with this:
http://web.aanet.com.au/SnooP/psucalc.php
 
EsaT said:
Bling-bling based to ripple prone FSP Epsilon platform.
Would prefer Corsair VX450 over those.

In any case peak draw of those parts will be around 250W.


What a sh*tload of bullsh*t... Could as well recommend installing this into car!
http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/

You'll better replace that link with this:
http://web.aanet.com.au/SnooP/psucalc.php
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Ha, I know the 600W is OTT but if he already has it he may as well keep it in the happy knowledge it is enough.

Yeah, I knew there were better calculators out there but I was too distracted to havea proper look.

To OP, +1 for this corsair.
 
I wouldn't use that calculator, it comes up with 600W for my system... Highly unlikely considering it's the following:
Asus P5N-E
Intel C2D E6600 (Stock Cooler + Clocks)
2x1GB DDR2 667
8800GT
2 SATA HDDs
1 DVDRW

So unless there's a better calculator out there, it's easier to stick to common sense :P
 
Liquidfox said:
I wouldn't use that calculator, it comes up with 600W for my system... Highly unlikely considering it's the following:
Asus P5N-E
Intel C2D E6600 (Stock Cooler + Clocks)
2x1GB DDR2 667
8800GT
2 SATA HDDs
1 DVDRW

So unless there's a better calculator out there, it's easier to stick to common sense :P
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Id trust it as 600W is definatley enough to power your system at full load
 
I'm deperately trying to remember the really good one now but I just cant quite get it, frustrating.

I don't get this current trend of massively powered PSUs though unless you buy one for upgrade potential (though as more focus comes on "green" I don't see power draw increasing too much in the next 2 years or so, "enthusiast" stuff aside).
 
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