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Will this power supply be enough?

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holymongol   09-03-2009 at 12:39:27 PM

I have a Corsair 550W VX. I want to know if it is suitable for these components.

1 X Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz overclocked up to 4.00GHz
1 X Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
1 X Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel
1 X Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366)
1 X Nvidia 8800GT

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Bronze Home Brew badge gkay09   09-03-2009 at 12:47:41 PM
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^ It is more than enough...
It can also power a GTX 285 with that setup...

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holymongol   09-03-2009 at 12:48:51 PM
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thats great news thanks

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zipzoomflyhigh   09-03-2009 at 02:22:12 PM
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If I was building a new system I would go with the 650w. Down the road your gonna want to drop in a hexa-core and a new video card that will likely use more power than a GTX285.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] _-17139005

$69.99 with promo code EMCLXLP28 and $20 rebate.


Message edited by zipzoomflyhigh on 09-03-2009 at 03:16:25 PM
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