Power supply for GA-EP45-UD3P and Q6600?

[chanoh]

What kind of power supply do I need for GA-EP45-UD3P and Intel Q6600?

Is Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W ATX 12V 2.0 good enough?

 

[bilbat]

Look here:

http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html

 

[GhislainG]

It all depends on the video card(s).

http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html calculates PSU requirements that seem to exceed actual requirements by a wide margin. I verified a system that requires no more than a 400W PSU, but that site calculates 598W.

 

[chanoh]

Should I have a 8 pin CPU power?
The m/m manual says that the 8 pin CPU power is an option for Extreme CPU.

 

[GhislainG]

4-pin or 8-pin will do, unless you plan on overclocking it a lot (your PSU probably isn't powerful enough to handle an Extreme CPU).

 

[MTIH1992]

bilbat, that calculator seems to me to be a little vague on the specs.

chanoh, I reccomend this PSU Wattage calculator from Antec which has all of the latest components to select from thus giving you a MUCH more accurate calculation of the wattage you need.

http://www.antec.outervision.com/

 

[GhislainG]

The Antec calculator recommends a 333W PSU for my system and a 368W PSU if I overclock the Q6600 from 2.4Ghz to 3.6Ghz.

 

[Vulcanius]

I personally use an ABS Tagan BZ 1100W power supply with my UD3P and Q6600. It's about $300 but the quality and value is incredible and it's future proof for at least a few years. It might be overkill for you but I run a crossfire setup of two HD 4850 X2's. This PS is probably one of the best products I've purchased.

 

[Guest]

Depends on what else you are powering, but in a good starting point is an Antec or Corsair around 500W. I am a loyal Antec user, but Im about to upgrade to a Corsair with higher rating due to new system and lots of drives.

 

[jberry72]

chanoh:
i have a quick question what is a good heatsink/fan for this set up? yes i do plan on o/cing the q6600.
im going to go with a 650w antec psu.

 

[Qwakrz]

I have a 430W PSU powering a B3 Q6600, ATi 4670, 2x 1TB HDD, P43 Gigabyte board with 4x 1GB sticks of ram and a plethora of PCIe and USB TV cards. It acts as my HTPC and the PSU fan does not break a sweat even when using the CPU for encoding. Oh, this is water cooled as well with a pump running from the PSU and 4x 120mm fans on ultra slow speed to keep the noise down.