Is this PSU enough?

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John Xeero

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Hiyas!

Is this PSU..
SEASONIC, X-650 Power Supply w/ Modular Cables, 80 PLUS® Gold

... big enough to run this system?

COOLER MASTER, CM 690 II Advanced USB 3.0 Black Mid-Tower Case

ASUS, P8H77-V, LGA1155, Intel® H77, DDR3-2200 (O.C)

INTEL, Core™ i5-3570 Quad-Core 3.4 - 3.8GHz TB

COOLER MASTER, Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler

ARCTIC, MX-4 All-Around Thermal Compound, Electrically Non-Conductive

CORSAIR, 8GB (2 x 4GB) Vengeance™ LP PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.35V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC

GIGABYTE, GV-N670OC-2GD, GeForce® GTX 670 980MHz, 2GB GDDR5 6008MHz, PCIe x16 SLI, 2x DVI + HDMI + DP, Retail

WESTERN DIGITAL, 500GB WD Caviar® Black™ (WD5003AZEX), SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB cache

ASUS, DRW-24B1ST Black 24x DVD±R/RW Dual-Layer Burner, SATA

CYBER ACOUSTICS, CA-3001WB Black 3-Piece Speaker Subwoofer System, 14 Watt

+ 3 COOLER MASTER, R4 120mm Case Fans, 2000 RPM, 69 CFM, 19 dBA, No LED

+ 128GB 840 Pro Series SSD, MLC Samsung MDX
 
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John Xeero

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Hmm... I have read nothing but stellar reviews on that model. I am having the system built for me so it will be thoroughly stressed tested before shipment.

I was just a bit concerned that it would be enough power for that system.

 
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patrick47018

patrick47018

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Jan 14, 2013
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Pros: If it had been reliable, I would have loved it.

Cons: After less than a week, in the middle of a computer operating session (light weight programming), There was a tremendous bang in my office and a flash of very hot air rushing past the leg next to the computer. The catastrophic failure of the power supply, (it was surge protected) took out the house circuit breaker. All of the components of my brand new computer seem to have survived, but we will see. Not real happy.

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Rob
3/29/2013 7:09:37 AM
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DOA
Pros: The only pro seems to be that it works really well for most people.

Cons: Unfortunately mine was from the batch with an inop fan. It didn't even occur to me that it wasn't working until it died; I thought I had gotten a silent model without even realizing it. Lasted a week before it refused to power back up after shutting down one day. (length of time it lasted is really irrelevant since I should've returned/RMA'd it from day one.)

Other Thoughts: Heard nothing but good things about the SeaSonic brand so this has really shaken my faith, as it were.

RMA support seemed pretty good initially, but then SeaSonic decided that I should RMA through their Asia office since I'm currently stationed in Japan. It's been a week since I was supposed to have been transferred and I still haven't heard anything from this mythical "Asia office" (sarcasm quotes) even after contacting them again after three days.

This was my first build in years and I was really excited. Now I've got a big paperweight until whenever SeaSonic gets their stuff together...

Just saying
 
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John Xeero

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Oh, personal reviews off Amazon. Yeah, I read those, but that's typical of any product out there. Of course you are going to get lemons with any electronic product, also I typically find bad customer reviews contain at least some hyperbole.

The reviews I was referring to were professional reviews with stress tests and benchmarking.

So, aside from the reviews and back on topic... that PSU should be plenty for that system?
 
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