Power requirement.

Fusilero · 24 May 2009 at 00:45

How much power would these parts take, without overclocking?

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.80GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ)

Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3 Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

I'm guessing around 500 to 600Watts, but I'm no expert.

Soldier786 · 24 May 2009 at 04:50

Yea 600 should be enough

spitzoid · 24 May 2009 at 07:43

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exhumedye · 24 May 2009 at 07:43

Could probably do that on a Corsair 450w but the only thing I'd be worried about is the HD4870

RJC · 24 May 2009 at 09:47

450 - 500w will be more than enough

Happy · 24 May 2009 at 14:54

A good 500W will provide a bit of flex for future upgrades

toblarone45 · 24 May 2009 at 14:56

Something like this i think would do

Mr-White · 24 May 2009 at 15:25

a good single CPU/gfx system seem to pull no more than 300w atm

MW

pastymuncher · 24 May 2009 at 15:38

The rig in my siggy plus a pair of sata 2 hdd's, sata dvdrw, 5x120mm fans and a Zalman ZM-MFC2 multifunction controller only pulls 274w peak at the wall when running Orthos and Fur stability test at the same time. A quality 450-500w psu would be more than enough while still giving you future upgrade potential. You will also be getting optimum efficiency out of the psu.

PhillyDee · 24 May 2009 at 16:04

Mr-White said:
a good single CPU/gfx system seem to pull no more than 300w atm

MW

True, but the GFX card needs a lot of juice. Remember, its all about the A on the 12v rails too!

I would go for a 500-600W as the top end. I have a Corsair 620W PSU and its been faultless. I know my PC isnt even taking up half of the juice it can give.