spaztic7 :
Wait... so... is that your current system grimmy? Because that is amazing if it is.
And what did you mean when you said "So for 750W, which is: 600W."?
I have 4 sticks of ddr2 800 oced to ddr2 1000 (all at 2.0v), q6600 at 3.2GHz, 2 hd in raid 0, 5 120mm fans, 1 8800 gtx bfg oc2, x-fi fatality, and a thermaltake thoughpower 700W. So in theory I should have enough power from that one PSU to power my system pulse another 8800gtx bfgoc2?
I AM SO CONFUSED, PLEASE HELP!
No... I was pluging in stuff on the free calculator on what I think a fully loaded system would be.
I generally take 80% of the total power (750 X 80% = 600), and use that figure to put a system together. (back in the older days) So that way there's a comfort zone that allows the PSU to breath while it's under full load by all other components. :lol:
Looking at your spec's... and using that free PSU cal, I came up with: 514W with the OC info you provided.
I actually use whats called a kil-0-watt meter, which you plug appliances in to get a wattage reading.
My system is basically:
E4400 OC to 2.8
8800 GTS 320mb
2Gigs 2X1 A-DATA Extreme CL4
1 SATA2
1 DVD-R
3 120mm Fans
1 140mm Fan
6-Fan (4 adjustable 2 toggle 12v/off/5v) Controller
SCSI Card - for old mustek flatbed scanner
On the kil-o-watt meter, using 3dmarks 03-05, my system only used 270W at peek. 50W more then my older system. And I use a 620W PSU, I've done the calculation of my parts on the calculator, which was 327W. So there's a difference of 57W more that the calculator registered.
This is the meter I use:
P3 Kill A Watt Electricity Load Meter and Monitor
So ya, I think you'll be okay with the 700W.