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PSU for a Q6600 ??

Michael.T

Michael.T

Michael.T

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hiya

im about to order my new bits for a new system build

and i was wondering if my present PSU will cut it

its a Akasa paxpower 460W ATX V2.0

double 12v rail 15A on each rail peak of 16A on each

my components will be ASUS P5q deluxe/Q6600/4gb ram/
ati 4850/tuniq tower (<not sure on this yet)/3 hard drives
also will have a lot of load on the usb channels

will it cut it or not ???

thanks
 
You should be fine, just done a quick recky on extreme power supply calculator (just for a ruff estimate) and your system comes up with 406w!
Will you be overclocking?
 
I think too much is put into the wattage rating of PSU's in general, the specs seem decent enough on the one you mentioned so it could be ok - although personally I'd be a little unconfortable powering that many hard drives and loading the USB with a 460. (not to mention needing 2 power plugs for the graphics card)
 
That PSU is plenty for that setup, it will use less than 250w under load.

I still live in hope that people (other posters in this topic) will one day stop talking rubbish about power requirements.
 
PSU

RJC - thanks for pointing me in the direction of PSU Extreme Calculator -
I'm building a PC next week and was guessing I'd need a 650watt PSU as it is
what most people seem to be going for.

After running my intented specs through the calculator it came out at 304 watt - just to be on the safe side I will go for a 450watt (upgrades may be added later).

Cheers RJC you've saved me some cash that I can use to improve other areas of the system.
 
jennidc said:
RJC - thanks for pointing me in the direction of PSU Extreme Calculator -
I'm building a PC next week and was guessing I'd need a 650watt PSU as it is
what most people seem to be going for.

After running my intented specs through the calculator it came out at 304 watt - just to be on the safe side I will go for a 450watt (upgrades may be added later).

Cheers RJC you've saved me some cash that I can use to improve other areas of the system.
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No probs :) whats the spec your building :D
 
hmmmm

thanks for the tips guys

and thanks to RJC for the extreme power supply calculator tip
just ran my system spec through it and come up with 433W

bit close to my 460w i thinks

and yes hopefull i will be overclocking :D
 
Michael.T said:
hmmmm

thanks for the tips guys

and thanks to RJC for the extreme power supply calculator tip
just ran my system spec through it and come up with 433W

bit close to my 460w i thinks

and yes hopefull i will be overclocking :D
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No probs :)
I asked if you were overclocking as this might push you near your psu limit!
If you were at stock then yes, as your overclocking then upgrading to 520w or higher might be worth it! but the choice is yours we can only advise :)
 
PSU should be fine, the Q6600 uses 100w on full load (all cores) and the 4850 is 187w at full load. I had a Tagan 430w running a Q6600 + 8800GTX before :)
 
Just done mine on the extreme and its says 601W :eek:

No wonder my Tagan 480W was struggling ;)

Oh well, my overkill OCZ Elitexstream 1000W should last me a few years :D
 
Michael.T said:
duke im gonna attempt to overclock to 3.0 or 3.2
would this suck more juice what vcore would i need ???
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Can't remember what mine was running at before (got a E8400 now). I think it managed 3.2 quite easily with just a bump on vcore.

Let us know the stock vcore via CPU-Z when you get it as that can give an idea of what it may need.
 
That extreme power supply calculator is very useful, hadn't heard of it before..thanks poster! =)
 
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