How much would this system draw?

mufcmark · 6 Mar 2011 at 22:11

The specs of the system are:

x4 955Be oc'd to 3.8ghz
hd 6950 flashed to 6970
4gb ddr3 1600
1 dvd drive
1 320gb hard drive

How much would this system draw under load?

Any advice would be great,

Thanks.

JonJ678 · 6 Mar 2011 at 22:18

400 +/- 50W imo. You'll get a much better answer if you measure it yourself though.

Frozennova · 6 Mar 2011 at 22:22

Not sure of the power draw on an unlocked 6950, but my rig with the same spec other than being watercooled and an 8800GT instead of your 6970 draws 280w at the wall. I'd say JonJ is about spot on

mufcmark · 6 Mar 2011 at 22:27

My corsair cx400 won't be adequate then

Frozennova · 6 Mar 2011 at 23:08

Nope, I'd recommend 600w personally wouldnt want to take a chance with 500 cutting it so fine.

Reaper 392 · 6 Mar 2011 at 23:32

this power supply calculator recommends 550W, if your Vcore is at 1.5, and with a couple of high performance fans (80mm for CPU, 120mm for case)

so i would recommend you step away from the 400W PSU

Monster ninja · 6 Mar 2011 at 23:40

i would go for a 700/850w then you can always add more later rather than having to get yet another PSU

JonJ678 · 6 Mar 2011 at 23:40

I think the CX400 will probably cope. If the psu fan is ridiculously loud or it starts rebooting under load then you have good reason to worry, but otherwise I'd be inclined to give it a go. That corsair is about as good as 400W units get.

Monster ninja · 6 Mar 2011 at 23:43

yeah a 400w cosair psu will be far better than a 700w unbranded psu

mufcmark · 6 Mar 2011 at 23:54

I could sell my cx 400 and get a OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W.

Would this be a good upgrade?