Is my 620w psu enough for a Q6600?

Deluxe1 · 15 Aug 2007 at 14:31

Tempted to go quadcore but will i need to upgrade my psu at the same time?

I currently have a Corsair 620w at the moment powering this lot:

P5B Deluxe
4 x 1gb ram
E6600
2 x Sata hd`s
8800 GTS
4 x 120mm fans

truebluecfc · 15 Aug 2007 at 14:32

Yep, no problem

Deluxe1 · 15 Aug 2007 at 14:39

Even if i want to oc the Q6600 to atleast 3GHz?

waso_dude · 15 Aug 2007 at 14:40

Yes.

Through a GTX in to and your still okay.

truebluecfc · 15 Aug 2007 at 14:42

Deluxe1 said:
Even if i want to oc the Q6600 to atleast 3GHz?

Yep

Deluxe1 · 15 Aug 2007 at 14:52

Thanks for the replies.

V|per · 15 Aug 2007 at 15:01

Take a look at the peak load on the corsair 620w

it's huge....

Corsair were just being safe with the '620w'

It can handle sli'd 88gtx's, quad core, loads of hdd's/toptical drives.. and all overclocked... awesome psu's

::: CooliceT :: · 15 Aug 2007 at 16:06

V|per said:
awesome psu's

except for... i bought a new one to replace my Hiper...
went through 4 motherboards and a new system then realised...(after testing my old psu again, and worked)

it was the NEW PSU that was causing all the problems, it just spinned and did nothing to the pc, was causing it all not to boot.

luckly i got refunds on the other motherboards i purchased, thinking it was there fault. just got a refund for the 620w Corsair i bought.

not sure if i buy another... may just replace my 580w hiper

stickroad · 15 Aug 2007 at 16:08

::: CooliceT :: the amount of PSUs Corsair sell, their will be faulty ones, thats reality for you. You just got unlucky.

The truth is Corsair make one of the best PSUs around, theirs no question about it.

Your going to buy another Hiper? :eek:

::: CooliceT :: · 15 Aug 2007 at 17:02

stickroad said:
::: CooliceT :: the amount of PSUs Corsair sell, their will be faulty ones, thats reality for you. You just got unlucky.

The truth is Corsair make one of the best PSUs around, theirs no question about it.

Your going to buy another Hiper?

i dunno yet, hiper havent got back to me regarding a RMA,
and most likely will get another Corsair, but i just cant afford it.

im -£400+ at the mo in the bank, so yeah, maybe in a little while.

i been without a pc for 2 months now, so i guess i can wait another too

stickroad · 15 Aug 2007 at 17:40

V|per said:
Take a look at the peak load on the corsair 620w it's huge....

Corsair were just being safe with the '620w'

It can handle sli'd 88gtx's, quad core, loads of hdd's/toptical drives.. and all overclocked... awesome psu's

Would anyone actually run SLI GTXes, Quad Core 4GB of memory, a load of Hard drives/optical drives etc... on a Corsair 620?

I know they are good but i would still be slightly weary to be honest?

truebluecfc · 15 Aug 2007 at 17:55

I kno someone who runs SLI 8800 GTX's on a Corsair 520W :eek:

although only has 2GB RAM and a E6600.

Nullvoid · 15 Aug 2007 at 17:58

truebluecfc said:
I kno someone who runs SLI 8800 GTX's on a Corsair 520W although only has 2GB RAM and a E6600.

Jonnyguru would not approve of running a power supply at such high loadings for the longterm

truebluecfc · 15 Aug 2007 at 18:05

Well i personally wouldnt do it but he didnt buy 2 x 8800 GTX's to begin with, rather added one later and he knew he'd be pushing it but he gave it a go and apparantly its been rock stable for him.

semi-pro waster · 15 Aug 2007 at 18:37

stickroad said:
Would anyone actually run SLI GTXes, Quad Core 4GB of memory, a load of Hard drives/optical drives etc... on a Corsair 620?

I know they are good but i would still be slightly weary to be honest?

I quite possibly would (if I had any need for SLi that is) because there have been multiple demonstrations to prove it quite easily capable, most of the demos have also had watercooling thrown into the mix as well. If you are really really going to be testing the system then a 1kw PSU might be worthwhile but for most people a good 620w like the Corsair is easily sufficient even with SLi.

m@rty · 15 Aug 2007 at 20:02

yep psu is fine for it.

Duke · 15 Aug 2007 at 20:25

Its easily fine, I'm running 430w with Q6600 + GTX + watercooling

Flanno · 16 Aug 2007 at 02:37

stickroad said:
Would anyone actually run SLI GTXes, Quad Core 4GB of memory, a load of Hard drives/optical drives etc... on a Corsair 620?

I know they are good but i would still be slightly weary to be honest?

If you read Corsairs forums (houseofhelp.com) you will see the engineers qualified this psu in their lab with a quad core qx6700 and 2x8800gtx's in sli. So the answer is yes. Plenty of people run them this way. And Corsair say it's ok to do it. Pointless really getting anything more powerful unless you are thinking of running 2x2900xt's. And even then, a good 750 would do you. 1kw psu's are not needed for 99% people. It was all hyped up when the G80 came out, but yet Dell sell a Q6600, 8800gtx, physix card, 2 drives, 2 opticals, 4 gigs ram on their 9200 Dimensions and a 375w psu which peaks at 440w powers the lot without breaking a sweat.

weescott · 16 Aug 2007 at 03:02

Flanno said:
Dell sell a Q6600, 8800gtx, physix card, 2 drives, 2 opticals, 4 gigs ram on their 9200 Dimensions and a 375w psu which peaks at 440w powers the lot without breaking a sweat.

Says it all doesn't it?

Manufactures maybe up the system requirements for a margin of error and to cover thier backs. I would say that 750w + PSU's are the safest bet as there is always extra safety features and more stable rails bulit in (not just raw power). 1kw PSU's are for those who like to push thier PC to the edge with the latest hardware for MAJOR overclocking,

hp7909 · 16 Aug 2007 at 07:59

Tried & tested. See HERE