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If you ask around the show, you will get answers ranging from 850 to 1200 watts, but engineers at Corsair managed to produce incredibly efficient power supply. Rated at only 620 watts, this one offers nearly 90% efficiency and is able to support four hot chips, ton of memory and Raptor hard drives. Even the water-cooling setup is powered by that puny PSU.

So why spend hundreds on a higher power PSU when Corsair have the solution for less :)
 
850-1200W? I would never recommend a PSU with that amount of power, ridiculous. Around the 600, at the most 700 for a SLI setup with big overclocks!
 
mishima said:
850-1200W? I would never recommend a PSU with that amount of power, ridiculous. Around the 600, at the most 700 for a SLI setup with big overclocks!

Quad core 2.6Ghz @ stock
4GB DDR2 PC6400
8800GTX
4 750Gb seagates, 4 500Gb seagates
4 73Gb SCSI 10k Cheetahs
SCSI controller card
IDE/SATA combo PCI card
3 DVD-RW
4 120mm fans in all
Terratec DMX6fire

My most expensive client build for the year so far.
Think 600w will suffice? :D
 
Energize said:

I was being sarcastic ;) I've used extreme psu calculator since it first came online. Those psu calculators calculate the min size psu needed under close to full load it would be well advised to have a psu with some headroom and some room for upgrades. I've built that rig with an Enermax galaxy 850W psu.
 
Seriously though, how many of those systems are realistically being constructed even with enthusiasts in mind. Silly amount of drives being powered there!
 
mishima said:
Seriously though, how many of those systems are realistically being constructed even with enthusiasts in mind. Silly amount of drives being powered there!


True, for most people it'll prolly be fine to have around 4-500w, with the latest graphics and quad core prolly being the norm in the not too distant future though i see the landscape changing.
 
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