Is a 720 watt ATX 2.2 Modular PSU plenty for the following?

TVR_Fan · 10 Apr 2008 at 23:16

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

Zalman CNPS9700-LED CPU Heatsink

Asus P5E X38 Socket 775

G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PK PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Ram (2x 2GB sticks of Ram)

XFX GeForce 8800 GTX Extreme 768MB

Blackmagic Intensity Pro HD HDMI Capture Card

2x Seagate Barracuda ES.2 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache 7200RPM OEM

20x Sony DVD-RW Drive

The Hitman · 10 Apr 2008 at 23:17

Easy enuff power

jak731 · 10 Apr 2008 at 23:18

throw a 2nd 8800GTX in and you will still have power to spare if its a good psu

thefishdude · 10 Apr 2008 at 23:21

what brand is it ?

normally a 720 will run it easy unless its like a £15 cheap as chips number

Phemo · 10 Apr 2008 at 23:22

More than enough by a significant margin as long as it's not some dirt cheap no-name cack.

I have an Enermax 620 watt powering:

Q6600 at 3.5GHz
Asus P5E
BFG 8800 GTX OC2
4GB RAM
8 hard drives
2 DVD drives
SB X-Fi Fatal1ty
Various USB devices

PSU is only warm when under full load, suggesting that even a 620 watt is more than enough for this setup.

Fire Wizard · 10 Apr 2008 at 23:26

Hello TVR_Fan, what make and model is the power supply that you have? Also, do you know how many amps the power supply you are looking at can provide on the +12Volt rail?

TVR_Fan · 11 Apr 2008 at 00:11

The PSU I am getting is this:

Enermax Infiniti 720W EIN720AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

thefishdude · 11 Apr 2008 at 00:49

oh that will run it easy

Tombo · 11 Apr 2008 at 01:00

My 500W could run that

Should be fine.

TVR_Fan · 11 Apr 2008 at 03:05

Thanks for the all the help people, anyway I had better head off to bed, before I order the parts for my new PC in the morning.