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PostPosted: Sun, 14th Oct 2007 13:21    Post subject: Is 550w enough?
Is a 550w-ish PSU enough for a E6750, 8600GT, 2gb RAM etc.. ?

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PostPosted: Sun, 14th Oct 2007 13:27    Post subject:
My new barebone has an E6750, 2GB Ram and a 2600Pro which is all running perfectly with the inbuilt 250W PSU, 550W should be more than sufficient.
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PostPosted: Sun, 14th Oct 2007 13:30    Post subject:
Yup, as long as the 12v rail(s) is a combined 35+ amps(the 12v is what gives the video card and cpu juice), and the thing is of good design quality, you should be good to go.

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PostPosted: Sun, 14th Oct 2007 13:34    Post subject:
If you buy a good one it will do.


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PostPosted: Sun, 14th Oct 2007 13:39    Post subject:
Is Corsair and OCZ considered good? Razz

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PostPosted: Sun, 14th Oct 2007 13:40    Post subject:
MAN!, you are talking ELITE! brands of RAM there Smile
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PostPosted: Sun, 14th Oct 2007 13:42    Post subject:
Yeah, but they make PSU´s aswell Smile

I´ve already decided to go with Corsair RAM though Smile

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PostPosted: Sun, 14th Oct 2007 13:53    Post subject:
Ah... my bad
Tagan or Enermax is what I have experience with. Have had 3 tagans in my last 3 rigs, and never had any probs. Also their line up is very broad, so there is stuff there for every one.
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PostPosted: Sun, 14th Oct 2007 21:47    Post subject:
I'd go for a be quiet! psu. They are silent and rockstable. And if you go for the dark power series you got some nice cable management as well.
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PostPosted: Sun, 14th Oct 2007 21:50    Post subject:
You're fine, I ran a 8800GTX on 30A 12v rail with a E6300 OC'd to 2.8Ghz.
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PostPosted: Mon, 15th Oct 2007 19:55    Post subject:
_SiN_ wrote:
Is Corsair and OCZ considered good? Razz
Corsair's PSU are made by Seasonic, just bought a HX modular 520W one and it is great and silent, also have a 5 year warranty.
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PostPosted: Mon, 15th Oct 2007 20:37    Post subject:
my new rig is running sweet on a enermax 460w supply (30A 12v). e2180@3.15ghz, 3gb ddr2 667, asus p5b premium, 8600gt @620/820, 250gb sata2 & 2xide dvdrw
So i would hope you will be ok. just get a good quality supply as i saw a cheap 650w recently that had only 18A 12v but pushed the low power outputs like -12 & -5 to push the overall power rating.

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PostPosted: Mon, 15th Oct 2007 20:43    Post subject:
_SiN_ wrote:
Is Corsair and OCZ considered good? Razz


PC Power & Cooling is one of the top rated PSU's you can buy tho pricey, and OCZ just bought them.
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PostPosted: Mon, 15th Oct 2007 22:03    Post subject:
CaptainCox wrote:
...or Enermax is what I have experience with.


I had only good experience with Enermax in the past, but the newest modular psu (the one, where you can decide how many cables you want to connect to it) seems to be badly designed, because i saw alot of complaints because of dead psus of that type. The older ones are monster performers though.
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PostPosted: Tue, 16th Oct 2007 15:31    Post subject:
Ultra-V Series 500W PS - yes I said Ultra! Free after rebates. Running perfect powering my rig. Even cheap power supplies seem to work fine. Comes with a built in 120mm fan too. Quiet!

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PostPosted: Tue, 16th Oct 2007 16:24    Post subject:
todd72173 wrote:
Ultra-V Series 500W PS - yes I said Ultra! Free after rebates. Running perfect powering my rig. Even cheap power supplies seem to work fine. Comes with a built in 120mm fan too. Quiet!

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1 DVD


That sounds good, im thinking of running my current 500W PSU and getting a better one later..

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PostPosted: Tue, 16th Oct 2007 17:47    Post subject:
you can also always use one of the many wattage calculators out there, to see what your planned system would look like watt-wise
http://www.google.de/search?q=watt+calculator+pc
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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Oct 2007 21:21    Post subject:
hmm

I recently put together a system for a friend, and when he want to buy all the parts, the guy at the shop told him that the 400W be quiet PSU is probably not good enough because the graphics card that I suggested (8800gts 320) uses a lot of power.

I mean.. I think that the guy is just talking crap and doesnt actually have an idea what he's talking about and was just trying to sell him something more expensive, but am I actually right? Or am I the stupid guy here

C2D E6550
2gb ddr2 ram
250gb hdd
1 dvd burner
8800 gts

some watt usage calculator gave me something like 250W, so it should be fine, right?

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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Oct 2007 21:35    Post subject:
8800 GTS card atleast should be 500W..its power hungry. My 8600 doesnt come close to the power requirement of 8800. I would go with 500 or more, not 400.
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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Oct 2007 21:50    Post subject:
todd72173 wrote:
8800 GTS card atleast should be 500W..its power hungry. My 8600 doesnt come close to the power requirement of 8800. I would go with 500 or more, not 400.


hmm

a geforce 8800 gts & gtx review says this:

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Now bare with me here as we built a completely new high-end system for this test. We used a new Core 2 Duo X6800 Extreme Processor, the new nForce 680i mainboard, a Zalman cooler, DVD-rom and WD raptor driver. All that in combo with the GeForce 8800 GTX summed up to a peak load of 363 Watts and the GeForce 8800 GTS at 338 Watts


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For the 8800 GTS NVIDIA recommends 400 Watts. And I concur. Here the same rule applies yet 26 AMPS on the 12 Volts rails is sufficient. Obviously with high-end systems .. a better PSU, and especially quality PSU, is always recommended.


those PCs they tested with have a high end cpu and a WD raptor drive and they were fine with 400W so it should be alright with this midrange system as well?

Sure, if it was some no-name crap PSU that we're talking about a higher wattage would be required, but this is some high quality hardware.
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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Oct 2007 23:31    Post subject:
What is the make/model of PS? Is it a well know brand? I have 3 HD's connected to my pc which will drive up power consumption. If you have only 1 HD and a go 400 PS - give it a shot. I guess it should be fine.

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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Oct 2007 23:54    Post subject:
it's a be quiet! PSU, and there's only one HDD sa I mentioned above.

so yeah, I guess I'll find out if it's enough or not soon enough Smile

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PostPosted: Thu, 18th Oct 2007 00:45    Post subject:
I have a Seasonic S12 600W.. Love it, silent and working just fine.

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PostPosted: Thu, 18th Oct 2007 09:09    Post subject:
I have Thermaltake 850W and ive not had any problems with it. There is nothing i can't do on my computer.

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PostPosted: Thu, 18th Oct 2007 11:53    Post subject:
Does anyone have experience with Hiper PSU´s? Im thinking of getting the Type-M 580W.

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PostPosted: Thu, 18th Oct 2007 12:14    Post subject:
just don't get a thermaltake, my 530W fucked both itself and my mobo :\ after 3 years tho.
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PostPosted: Thu, 18th Oct 2007 12:41    Post subject:
_SiN_ wrote:
Does anyone have experience with Hiper PSU´s? Im thinking of getting the Type-M 580W.
It seems ok. Smile

http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews/cases/Hiper_TypeR_580W_7.html
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