enough power for a X2 6000+ ?

[thomas33665588]

am thinkin about gettin a athlon X2 6000+ coz of the recent price crash (£150 on ebuyer) and have read that they are a bit power hungry CPU's, and was hopin for sum advice on wether my system wil take it.

av got:
Thermaltake TR2 500W PSU
XFX 8800GTS 320mb Extreme Edition
Asus M2N-E Mobo

and do u think al need a bios update, i did try to look on asus's website but as usual its was pi**ing me off coz its to slow.

thanks

tom

 

[thomas33665588]

am not sure where to look if my psu has the required Amps on the rails so here's the product spec http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Power/TR2power/w009394/w009394.asp

av had no problems so far with it and have overclocked my 88 and 3800+ to 3GHz and had no problems, but its an excuse to get a nice Hyper PSU i spose!!!

thanks so far

tom

 

[thomas33665588]

thanks for your help m8!!!!! i fink al go for the hyper coz they just look so cool, but maybe go for a Hiper 580W Type-R Modular http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=26913241869&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=98562&spec_type=ZXh0ZW5kZWQ=

it says it'll take 630w but am not sure on the amps, i want sumthing that will let me overclock

thanks agen

tom

 

[Eviltwin17]

as a general rule, the higher the amps you have on a 12v+ rail the better

right now you probably want anywhere from 30+

in the near future i wouldnt be surprised if systems require 32 at a minimum


freaking power hogs

 

[dragonsprayer]

the 6000+ is know to be hot which means it uses alot of juice and your psu is most likely too small - its is border line

 

[AeroB1033]

Listen to mpilch, he knows his stuff. I ended up with a 520W Corsair and I couldn't be happier. I believe it provides 40 amps across three 12V rails.

 

[Dahak]

I would suggest going with a 650-700watt psu,just about all of which will have enough amps on the 12volt rails to run your system and then some.Always go for more than you need,that way you know you have enough to do the job right.Goodluck.

Dahak

AMD X2-4400+@2.6 TOLEDO
EVGA NF4 SLI MB
2X EVGA 7950GT KO IN SLI
4X 512MB CRUCIAL BALLISTIX DDR500
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ACER 22IN WIDESCREEN LCD 1600X1200
THERMALTAKE TOUGHPOWER 850WATT PSU
COOLERMASTER MINI R120
3DMARK05 13,471

 

[thomas33665588]

if i wer to buy 1 of these http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Power/PurePower/w0099/w0099.asp
it wud take the strain my 8800gts puts on my psu off, rite??? its a 250W graphics card psu. u can pick em up for about £25 (which is cheaper than a £70 psu)

thanks

tom

 

[AeroB1033]

Yeah, that would probably take care of things, but keep in mind that Thermaltake isn't exactly the best PSU company. There are worse ones out there and you might never experience any problems with your system, but if you like to play on the safe side, you'd be better off dropping $100-150 on something better (SeaSonic, Corsair, Silverstone, PC Power & Cooling, certain Antec models).

 

[thomas33665588]

dude if had that kind of money to spend on a psu u think i'd have a 8800gts?