Q6600 and gtx 570 on 500w psu?

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Hi, I recently picked up a Asus p5k mobo, gtx 570, 8gb ddr2 and a core 2 quad with some generic looking aftermarket cooler for a steal and I was wondering whether a Corsair builder CX500w I have around would be enough to power this? It is a 80+ bronze psu so it's no generic brand but I'd rather ask here first that to risk it even if it was all cheap components.
 
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At 3ghz my q6600 was drawing 125w. That was at 1.3v vcore. What dimms are you using? If they are 400/800 then OC'ing the q6600 is just a matter of changing the fsb from 266 to 333mhz. If you have a GO stepping CPU, you shouldn't require a vcore bump. If it's the B3 version you may do.


edit: The mobo you have is okay for 3ghz. But not much more. It's a P35 intel board, and although decent, the Nvidia 650/680 /p/k/sli were so much better. Particularly the 680. It was a hardcore enthusiast OC board back in the day. The 650 was a step down, and didn't have half the options for OC''ing, but was still good for 3/3.2ghz depending on the
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The 570 requires 2 6-pin connectors. It specifies that the card uses 219W and the minimum system requires are a 550W power supply. It may still work with the 500 so long as your build is minimal(power-wise). Although to be safe, I'd probably go with at least the 550 or a 600.
 
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The GTX does indeed draw a max of 219w, but the rest of the system will prob only consume about 100-120w max. Unless your OC'ing the be-jaysus out of your CPU/GPU you should be fine.

The CX500w is a bit vague as a description, the exact model number will be beneficial to giving a very accurate answer. Looking at a standard CX500 80 plus, the PSU could be upwards of 5 years old? It may have lost some of it's efficiency, but should suffice for your needs, as I mentioned though as long as you haven't been using it in a power system, and don't OC current components too much.

What exact CPU do you have. A q6600 for example has a power draw of 105w. If you OC it, it could be 125w, so you just have to factor that in.
 
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At 3ghz my q6600 was drawing 125w. That was at 1.3v vcore. What dimms are you using? If they are 400/800 then OC'ing the q6600 is just a matter of changing the fsb from 266 to 333mhz. If you have a GO stepping CPU, you shouldn't require a vcore bump. If it's the B3 version you may do.


edit: The mobo you have is okay for 3ghz. But not much more. It's a P35 intel board, and although decent, the Nvidia 650/680 /p/k/sli were so much better. Particularly the 680. It was a hardcore enthusiast OC board back in the day. The 650 was a step down, and didn't have half the options for OC''ing, but was still good for 3/3.2ghz depending on the
 
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My dimms should all be 800 so I guess I'm good.
 
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