Am I running out of Power?

Captain Vodka · 19 Sep 2013 at 14:09

I’m just about to add a CZ Vertex 3.20 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-240G.20) and I’m just wondering prior if my psu is getting to the limits ?

Is there away of checking what power / watts im utilising at the moment with my rig ?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-224-OE

Intel Core i7 4820 Oc’d- 4.20GHz
Intel X79 Chipset,
16GB DDR3 1600MHz,
Seagate barracuda 500gb Sata 6gb 16mbcache HDD
Corsair GS 600w PSU,
DX11 GFX, OcUK DVD-RW,
Onboard 7.1 Audio,
Alpenfohn K2 Mount Doom Cooler
Strom Trooper case

Added interals

HIS HD 7870IceQ 2048mbGddr5
Seagate barracuda 2TB HDD 7200rpm Sata6GB/s

Through the USB’s I run

Track IR 4, TM mfd’s, TM cougar Hotas, Spyder colour 3.0 (colour management screen device)
Back up 3tb western digital external HDD though has its own power supply

any help would be much appreciated to this unknowing

cheers

pastymuncher · 19 Sep 2013 at 14:26

With a single card i doubt if you are pulling near to 350w let alone 600w.

Doomedspeed · 19 Sep 2013 at 14:26

Im not sure how to check apart from using a digital read-out plug ( i forgot what they are called) You can use one of them and run an intense benchmark to see what the max power draw is.. though they can cost a bit..

To be honest you are fine. i wouldn't expect that to pull anymore than 350W/400W at max load.

Captain Vodka · 19 Sep 2013 at 14:32

cheers chaps. . ill rest easy then and get the extras SSD

oceaness · 19 Sep 2013 at 15:35

In addition SSD's use very little power so it's unlikely several would push you over the edge let alone one.

Doomedspeed was referring to a Plug-in Energy Monitor, like this if you're curious.

pastymuncher · 19 Sep 2013 at 18:49

^About £10-15 from the likes of B&Q. Just remember that will display the total power which will be more than what your components pull from the psu.