[Solved] Sorry, but under reconsideration for PSU

Forum CPU & Components : Power Supplies, Cases & Mods [Solved] Sorry, but under reconsideration for PSU

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While I did pick the OCZ Modular in an another thread, I found a few more deals and also started reconsidering a few things. I did change Graphic Cards and decided to go with another motherboard, processor, and ram as well.

Here is what I'm looking at:

Athlon II X4 640 Propus

ASUS M4A79XTD EVO

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB

MSI GeForce GTX 460 TwinFrozr Super OverClocked Video Card 768MB

ASUS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner

WD HDD 250gb (old HDD, but will get a Samsung Spinpoint F4 later on.)

How many watts would I need for this all of this? While I still am considering the OCZ, I did also consider Corsair and Xigmatek. I also have a coupon for Xigmatek items, but I want something that will last and work well. Please do help.

Thanks,

Destroysall

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a "good" 550 watt PSU should be enough for almost any single graphics card setup, provided that the rest of the PC is fairly normal(1-2 HDD, 1 ODD, 4GB ram, 2-3 fans, no "bling", No OC )

A good 500 - 550 watt PSU will be plenty for the system you have listed. For that matter, a good 450 watt PSU will work, but I like more power in reserve than most.

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jsc wrote :

A good 500 - 550 watt PSU will be plenty for the system you have listed. For that matter, a good 450 watt PSU will work, but I like more power in reserve than most.

I agree!

The key word here is "good" :bounce:

Corsair, Seasonic, Antec Earthwatts, OCZ, PCP&C.
Don't cheap-out on the PSU. It's amazing how many problems can be tracked back to a bad PSU :non:

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I see, but will that 550w be enough for this rig? Doesn't the Graphics card itself take almost 400-450w??

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Reply to Destroysall

No, they just recommend your PSU is at least 500w on the Nvida specs. That video card don't use that much. If you were gonna use a GTX 470, then it can use almost 200w.

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a "good" 550 watt PSU should be enough for almost any single graphics card setup, provided that the rest of the PC is fairly normal(1-2 HDD, 1 ODD, 4GB ram, 2-3 fans, no "bling", No OC )

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^+1 Exactly. The only reason to consider anything more is if you want to change to dual video cards or more stuff later. Right now you still got breathing room anyways. Don't worry about it!

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Destroysall wrote :

I see, but will that 550w be enough for this rig? Doesn't the Graphics card itself take almost 400-450w??

That will be the whole system draw. This is on offer and would cover you for a 2nd card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817207002

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So a 550w would be suffice then? Thanks then guys!

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a "good" 550 watt PSU should be enough for almost any single graphics card setup, provided that the rest of the PC is fairly normal(1-2 HDD, 1 ODD, 4GB ram, 2-3 fans, no "bling", No OC )

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