Enough Power?

shadowake · 17 May 2009 at 09:59

Will the Corsair 520W Modular PSU be enough to power the below?

790GX Motherboard
4 Sticks of 8500 RAM
1GB HD4870
3 Hard Drives
AMD Phenom II X4 3.0GHz (Black Edition) overclocked .5 - 1GHz
DVD-RW Drive
Coolermaster 533 Case
2 LED Case Fans

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RJC · 17 May 2009 at 10:05

You should be ok, done a quick recky on PSU cal to get a ruff figure and this comes out at 485w at 100% and overclocked.

shadowake · 17 May 2009 at 10:11

RJC said:
You should be ok, done a quick recky on PSU cal to get a ruff figure and this comes out at 485w at 100% and overclocked.

Thanks, what about if I add a second card? (wont be for 6 months or so yet).

RJC · 17 May 2009 at 10:15

I would say you need to upgrade the PSU to the next one up ie 620w, but buy one of those energy monitors and check the full load of your pc will the new components in.

shadowake · 17 May 2009 at 10:22

RJC said:
I would say you need to upgrade the PSU to the next one up ie 620w, but buy one of those energy monitors and check the full load of your pc will the new components in.

Cheers RJC the 620w is only £26 dearer so I may as well pay the extra now to save me having to upgrade PSU as well in six months.

Mr-White · 17 May 2009 at 10:50

i'd say that system pulls about 250-280w under full load

MW