PSU advice please

mirlock · 1 May 2008 at 06:20

Hi all

Ok to start ill list what im running

1 x Dvd drive
2 x baracuda 160Gig drive
1 x Maxtor 160Gig drive
1 x Wd 250 external Drive
Water cooling pump
Asus p5n32-sli motherboard
Q6600 cpu
2 x Geforce xfx 8800Gtx Extreams 630 cores
4 x 2Gig ram sticks geil black dragons
3 x cooling fans
1x Ram cooling fan

All this is running off a 700w psu http://www.jeantech.com/storm.htm

The question im asking is . Is this psu man enough to run it all

If not what would you say i should use

I must note that my g/cards need 2 x 6pin power inputs each and im using adaptors for one of the cards
so a new psu must have atleast 2 of the 6pin leads

Many Thx

dagwoood · 1 May 2008 at 09:58

I couldn't say for definite whether your Jeantech is man enough to supply your rig with adequate, stable power, as I can't find any figures for how many amps it produces @ 12v. Other Jeantech PSU's aren't stellar performers though.

If you did decide to change it, the Corsair TX 650W is about the cheapest I could find that will cope with your system. According to its specs page it has 2 x 6pin PCI-E connectors and it outputs 52a @ 12v, so it's more than adequate power wise. Good build quality and 5 years warranty as well.

jambus · 1 May 2008 at 10:24

Get the new Tagan BZ models or one of the new corsairs.

mirlock · 1 May 2008 at 10:35

Thx for replies guys.

But me using sli and needing 4 x 6 pin inputs for them.

Will it be bad me using 2 x 6 pins from the psu and 2 x 6 pin adaptors coming off the hard drive type power sockets

mirlock · 1 May 2008 at 11:50

Just to let you know i found asuses power drain program .
And placed all my parts in using and it said i needed at LEAST 850w psu

So to make sure i get enough power im thinking of going

http://www.tagan.com/index.php?c_id=32&products_id=170&p_cata_id=109

or simular . depending on what oc shop has got.

But thx all

ovia · 1 May 2008 at 13:35

You shouldnt be using 850W of power, infact you shouldnt be even close to that. I only run at about 550W usage.

I'm running this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-019-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat= but the 850W version and it runs it all very well. Only down side is its not silent at all despite what it says on *** title.

weescott · 1 May 2008 at 16:23

I'm surprised your cards are working in SLI if you are using power adaptors. Are you sure the cards are not throttling back? You need a PSU with 4 x PCI-E power leads.