650W enough? or step up to ___W?

[execut1ve]

Hello all,

Self explanatory, I just wanted to make sure my psu would be adequate for my new build.

Intel i5 Sandy Bridge 2500k processor (possibly overclocking)
Asus P8P67 Pro motherboard
8G (4x2G) Crucial DDR3 1600 memory
500G 7200rpm Western Digital Caviar Black Sata III hard drive
EVGA GTX 560Ti 1G video card (probably overclocking)
a crapton of case fans + coolers for vid card and cpu
all inside an Antec 1200 full tower case

currently have a 650W Antec psu, considering stepping up to something bigger if needed though. Thoughts?

 

[davcon]

No i don't see a need for a more powerful psu.
Your not even pulling 300W full system power.

 

[execut1ve]

really? that surprises me. my current system was a bit too much for my old 550W psu (2x 8800gt, amd 6000+ x2, asus m2n-sli deluxe, 4G of the cheap kingston ram, WD caviar blue 150G hd)

I expected to need a good chunk more juice based on that

 

[nordlead]

FYI: According to AMD you can put SLI 6870's on a 600W PSU (I'm probably going to end up trying it myself 2-3 years from now)

The overclocked i5 will draw ~120W max load. The GPU will draw ~150W max load. Throw in everything else and you are around 300W max load.

EDIT: The 8800gt draws 100W max load, so SLI would be 200W. The older 6000+ had a 125W power draw. It should have ran on a 550W PSU, but it could have been bad, a cheap brand, aged poorly, or any number of factors.

 

[delluser1]

really? that surprises me. my current system was a bit too much for my old 550W psu (2x 8800gt, amd 6000+ x2, asus m2n-sli deluxe, 4G of the cheap kingston ram, WD caviar blue 150G hd)

I expected to need a good chunk more juice based on that

PSU might not have been up to the task but 550w is more than sufficient for those specs.

 

[casualbuilder]

http://www.hwcompare.com/10831/geforce-gtx-560-ti-vs-radeon-hd-6670-oem-1gb/

GTX560Ti pulls 170W max.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288

CPU is 125W - 133W

So, just the cpu & gpu hit 300W. This being said, there is no way your total consumption is over 350W. Therefore, you can easily hold another GTX560Ti, putting you around 525W total, and still have plenty of headroom on your PSU.

 

[FinneousPJ]

Yes, your PSU is a decent brand and that wattage is well enough.

 

[execut1ve]

Best answer selected by execut1ve.

 

[Mousemonkey]

FYI: According to AMD you can put SLI 6870's on a 600W PSU (I'm probably going to end up trying it myself 2-3 years from now)

The overclocked i5 will draw ~120W max load. The GPU will draw ~150W max load. Throw in everything else and you are around 300W max load.

EDIT: The 8800gt draws 100W max load, so SLI would be 200W. The older 6000+ had a 125W power draw. It should have ran on a 550W PSU, but it could have been bad, a cheap brand, aged poorly, or any number of factors.

Incorrect, it's more like 112w.