Adding Graphics Card - PSU Still Enough?

[Aerdan]

Overclocking and PSU Analysis

I've decided I want to put a bit more juice in my system, so I plan to Crossfire my SAPPHIRE 100282SR Radeon HD 5850 1GB. I've plugged these into this calculator, but some of the values I was unsure about in regards to overclocking and capacitor aging. This is what I have, and if I decide to add another graphics card, should I consider upping my PSU? Thank you in advance!

Processor
Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz ($288.99)

Cooling
Cooler Master 212

Case
Lian Li Lancool PC-K62

Motherboard
ASRock X58 Extreme

RAM
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

Graphics Cards
SAPPHIRE 100282SR Radeon HD 5850 1GB

Hard Drives
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB (x2)
Intel X25-M SATA II 80GB

Power Supply
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W ATX12V V2.2

DVD Burner
LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 24X DVD-R SATA Black 24X DVD Writer LightScribe Support

Card Reader
Koutech IO-RCM620 USB 2.0 3.5" Card Reader

Will 700W be enough? Thank you!

 

[deadlockedworld]

Yes-- you will be fine with the 700w modstream. The second card adds no more than 160w to your system--and you had a lot more than that to give.

(I edited to 160 after seeing the difference between 305w and 469w ... lol. )

 

[deadlockedworld]

This might help-- this is the full system power usage in the Tom's 5850 review article:

Test system: (your system will use quite a bit less-- as you havent yet overclocked to 4ghz.)
Intel Core i7-975 Extreme (Bloomfield) 3.33 GHz, 6.4 GT/s, 8 MB L3 Cache, power-saving settings disabled
Overclocked to 4 GHz (25 * 160 MHz)
Asus Rampage II Extreme (LGA 1366) X58/ICH10, BIOS 1504
Corsair Dominator 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24 @ 1,600 MHz
Intel SSDSA2MH160G2C1 160 GB SATA 3 Gb/s
Networking
Realtek RTC8111C, 1 Gbps
Graphics Cards ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB

Full article : http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5850,2433.html

 

[JackNaylorPE]

For the calculators:

-The 920 you can OC to 4 Ghz at 1.35 volts
-If you use a hig quality PSU (9.5 or better at jonnyguru.com), use 10% capacitor aging ....add 5% for each 0.5 drop in performancerating .....not really scientific but it seems reasonable ....

If you must go OCZ, at least get the Z series....the *stream's have not been reviewed very well:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story3&reid=24

I'd get a Corsair 650TX or Antec EA-650

Intel 930 supposed to be out before Monday.

 

[deadlockedworld]

Hey Jack... hes listing what he already has--not shopping.

While there are definitely better PSUs out there, I think this one will work for him.

 

[jsc]

It's better than you think. That 560 watt figure is from the wall. Figuring 80% efficiency, the computer is using about 450 watts from the PSU. That means the PSU is running at about 65% load (450/700).