Enough juice?

Dark_Angel

Dark_Angel

Dark_Angel

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Will a corsair HX520W be enough for a Q6600 @ 3GHZ, 4GB of ram, and a GTX570?

I'm planning to switch the Q6600 for a sandy bridge in jan, which from my tiny bit of research, seems to require less juice as well?

This is with 2 sata drives, a couple of fans (4) and a DVD writer which is hardly ever plugged in. :p

*EDIT* currently running a Radeon 4850
 
What about the 6950? I assume a 520 watt PSU you would be okay with that, I'm torn between a 480 and a 6950 at the moment so looking at reviews between the 2 :p
 
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-570-review/8

Core i7 965 / X58 system
Measured power consumption

1. System in IDLE = 181W
2. System Wattage with GPU in FULL Stress = 369W
3. Difference (GPU load) = 188W
4. Add average IDLE wattage ~ 25W
5. Subjective obtained GPU power consumption = ~ 213 Watts

GeForce GTX 570

* On your average system the card requires you to have a 600 Watt power supply unit.

GeForce GTX 570 in SLI

* A second card requires you to add another 225 Watts. You need a 850+ Watt power supply unit if you use it in a high-end system (1 KiloWatt recommended if you plan on any overclocking).
 
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