HOW MANY WATTS, DOES IT REALLY NEED???

matt631

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Anyone got any advice on what i could use to power this beast????

System Type: Quad Processor
Motherboard: High End - Desktop
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quadro Q6600 2400 MHz Conroe
CPU Utilization (TDP): 85% TDP
RAM: 2 Sticks DDR2 SDRAM
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Video Type: SLI
SATA HDD: 4 HDDs
DVD-RW/DVD+RW Drive: 2 Drives
Floppy Drive: 1 Drive
Sound Blaster - All Models: Yes
USB: 1 Device
Fans
Regular: 1 Fan 80mm; 4 Fans 120mm; 1 Fan 140mm;
Cold Cathodes: 2 Cathodes
Motherboard, keyboard and mouse: Yes
PSU Utilization: 100 %
Capacitor Aging (+ W %): 20 %

Total: 1245 Watts
 
well maybe im planning to have 4 ;)

RIGHT

It works out at 850w any chance of me getting away with the 700w M12 Seasonic?
 
well they do have a tendency to crackle but there less than a year old and my girlfreind bought them for me for christmas so cant really replace them.. anyway moving on, any suggestions on a modular supply at 850w
 
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well ideally as its going in a case with a window and i dont want to be looking at all those extra wires.... :eek:
 
yeah true however im going to need something over 800w which i think only leaves me with the choice of a tagan (which i know won't fit 2x6pin PCI cables next to each other on a 8800GTX as there to big/heavly sheilded... or the Energmax which is a monster and will strugle to fit in most cases...

Either way im going to shoot myself in the foot or be shot at which ever way i go! (I think)

Any Suggestions
 
RickyDVT said:
sorry to jump in, but what does modular mean regarding a PSU? :D
is it just that a modular has fixed power cables, and a 'non modular' u can remove/add power cables as you wish?
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Close.. its the other way around!!!
 
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