Enermax Modu 82+ 625 powerful enough?

Anominity · 26 Jan 2010 at 12:39

Hey guys, I need to know whether I will have to purchase a new PSU for my new system.

This is what I intend to run:

2 x 4870 512MB
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping 2.66Ghz
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz)
3 x Sata 2 HDD
1 x Optical Drive

geowal19 · 26 Jan 2010 at 12:42

Easy mate no problem

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 26 Jan 2010 at 12:42

I would get this PSU:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-104-AN

It has got excellent reviews:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=113

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/658

Anominity · 26 Jan 2010 at 14:55

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
I would get this PSU:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-104-AN

It has got excellent reviews:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=113

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/658

That is fair enough, but if my current one is ample, then there is no need!

geowal19 said:
Easy mate no problem

Thanks, that sounds pretty confident!

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 26 Jan 2010 at 15:01

Anominity said:
That is fair enough, but if my current one is ample, then there is no need!

I got the impression you were going to buy the Enermax PSU and was asking whether it was sufficient for your needs!!

If you already have it then it will certainly be fine for your current system!!

Anominity · 26 Jan 2010 at 20:13

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
I got the impression you were going to buy the Enermax PSU and was asking whether it was sufficient for your needs!!

If you already have it then it will certainly be fine for your current system!!

haha, yeah, I may have worded that quite vaguely! Thanks

saitrix · 26 Jan 2010 at 20:21

There is a psu calculator on antecs website. Stuck your system and it said it recommends at least a 450W psu, so yes no problems with a 625W! Actually I bet it will be in a nicely efficient range for the psu so you should be in the 82% area.

saitrix · 26 Jan 2010 at 20:28

Actually reading the review of the psu on spcr it shows it is 88.2% efficient at 300W and 85.5% efficient at 500W. So you should get somewhere between there, seems nice and quiet too for a psu of such a high rating.

Anominity · 27 Jan 2010 at 12:01

saitrix said:
Actually reading the review of the psu on spcr it shows it is 88.2% efficient at 300W and 85.5% efficient at 500W. So you should get somewhere between there, seems nice and quiet too for a psu of such a high rating.

Thank you very much mate, I have never understood what the 82+ actually stands for! I got that it is the "efficiency" rating, but have no idea what that translates to!

saitrix · 27 Jan 2010 at 17:37

Anominity said:
Thank you very much mate, I have never understood what the 82+ actually stands for! I got that it is the "efficiency" rating, but have no idea what that translates to!

More efficient means it will use less power, produce less heat and thus it will be quieter running. Its a good thing all round!

Mr Krugga · 27 Jan 2010 at 17:52

Yeah, I've got the same PSU as you have but non-modular version and it's ready to power my rig plus another 5850 in few months