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hashv2f16   02-22-2006 at 07:55:45 AM

Hi. I'm looking at getting the Enermax Liberty 500W, and need to know if it will give my system enough power. I was looking at the 620W model, but thought I'd ask here before i played for keeps.

the specs:

P4 630 (OCd to around 3.9)
GeIL ONE DDR400 1GB dual channel kit (overclocked about 30%)
Seagate 160gb SATA HDD
NVidia GeForce 6800GT 256MB PCI-E
a few case fans.. etc

so whaddaya think my power requirements will be like?

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emd   02-22-2006 at 08:14:14 AM
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or 550 watts think thermaltake I only see in stores online have a 12 inches fan

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Dealerluck   02-22-2006 at 09:10:48 AM
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That should be enough if your not running two video cards in sli mode.

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spookz   02-22-2006 at 10:29:50 PM
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the 500w is able to run 2 x 6800gt in sli config.. the manual from enermax usa said so.. soo i assume it can..

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Grimmy   02-22-2006 at 11:32:17 PM
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Should check what the Rail 12v+ amps are. I've heard or read somewhere, that the min is aroun 18 amps. Anything less, could lead the system to be unstable.

But with 6800's might get by.

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hashv2f16   02-23-2006 at 06:09:16 AM
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so i am also running a video capture device powered through a firewire PCI card, and dual monitors.

I am not running SLI. Although its quite ironic that i'm not running SLI on this system for the kind of work that i'm doing.. if i upgrade to slightly more power demanding hardware later, should i just get the 620 to be safe??...

Because I'm just not sure... i'm a little reluctant when thinking about the 500W because i'm worried that it may hinder my overclocking ability in some way.

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L1cash   02-23-2006 at 07:48:48 PM
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I think U R fine with what u got.

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