Moving to i7.. What SMPS to go for??

[jakeichan1986]

Hi guys,
i am planning a upgrade to i7.
my current smps is CoolerMaster GX 550W.

CoolerMaster GX 550W

I am not sure if the wattage is sufficient.
Please let me know, for a i7 what is the necessary one.

Thanks in advance

 

[Emperus]

Irrespective of the wattage, that's a crappy PSU.. You should change it.. Please list your entire rig details (hard drive, video card, motherboard etc.) for us to give an appropriate suggestion..

 

[jakeichan1986]

Sure Emperus..

My current rig is....
M/B Asus m2n-mx-se plus
Processor AMD Phenom 9950 Quad Core 2.60 GHz
Graphics card Ati Radeon HD 5770
HardDrive Seagate 500 GB (3GB/s 7200RPM)
RAM DDR2 OCZ Gold (2x2GB)



Rig to be...

Intel® Desktop Board DX58SO
i7-960 / 3.2 GHz
Ati Radeon HD 5770
DDR3 - Crosair 4x2GB / 2x4GB
HDD - Seagate 1TB (6GB/s) + Seagate 500GB (3GB/s)
PSU ----- ...........


Alternate Rig
M/B Asus - M4A89GTD PRO/USB3
Phenom II SIX X6 - 1100T
Ati Radeon HD 5770
DDR3 - Crosair 4x2GB / 2x4GB
HDD - Seagate 1TB (6GB/s) + Seagate 500GB (3GB/s)
PSU ----- ...........

 

[jakeichan1986]

Difference between the rigs is almost 100$...
I dont mind going forward to a good PSU, as long as that will be enough for me to run it for a few years...