Psu paranoia

[RizlaKing]

Ok been reading a lot about psu's and the 4870X2 and it has got me thinking about whether mine will be ok. I have a 700w kingwin mach1 psu and when i get the 4870X2 i will be running that with a Q9450 and 8 gig of ram with 3 hd's and two dvd burners. So simple question will i be ok or do i need to get a new psu as well as the gfx card. All help appreciated .

 

[MagicBoy]

Should be fine.

 

[RizlaKing]

Thanks for the fast response need to know so i can decide how nice i will need to be to wife when the card statement comes in .

 

[Monkeynut]

It seems a decent PSU, looks like it won't have problems.

EDIT: And my post count means I'm now an expert.

 

[MagicBoy]

That lot is about 500W worth with all guns blazing. A decent 700W gives plenty headroom.

I'm running a similar spec - E6750, P35, 4850 with a stack of HDDs etc on a 600W PSU. Plug in energy meter shows about 230W under load, 180W on idle so you'll be fine.

Now a 9800GX2 would probably be a different matter

 

[mr griffin]

mine is only a 700w psu and so far seems to be up to the job

Like you I was a little concerned if 700w would be enough at first. A couple of weeks ago on the release of the 4870x2 I fitted one in guys pc running a QX9650 @3.8 and 4 hard drives 2 dvd burners and that was using a Coolermaster Real Power 620w and his has also been ok so far as well. I think like everyone else you should be ok

 

[Duke]

Never heard of that PSU make until I looked up some reviews. They seem to rate it quite well so it would be a "true" 700w unlike some others which don't actually give that (and have bad rails as well).

It will be more than plenty.

 

[RizlaKing]

Thank you all for the info has put my mind at rest. i guess it is one of the bad sides about reading up on things too much you tend to start seeing problems where there won't be any. Again thank you all .