600w enough for this?

[majadito]

Is 600w enough for this build?

CPU Intel Core i7 3820

MB ASRock Extreme-M X79

MSI TWIN FROZ III RADEON 7950

2x4Gigs RAM DDR3 1600 G.Skill RIPJAWS X

ASUS 24X DVD Burner

HDD Seagate Barracuda 500gb


SILVERSTONE Strider Essential series ST60F-ES 600W or CORSAIR Builder Series CX600. Which one will you recommend? Or I need a bigger power supply?

 

[mace200200]

600w is good but the builder series is Corsairs bottom line what bothers me about the builders series is that it says 600w but is only capable of 480, and I was told not to buy Silverstone PSU's just the other day, I just bought a new psu and the one I bought is sold out on newegg and tiger direct already but I came very close to buying this one instead of it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371031

 

[cuecuemore]

Either PSU will do just fine with the setup you listed, but you wouldn't be able to ad another graphics card down the line. If you're considering Crossfire sometime later on then I'd get a quality 750w unit.

 

[majadito]

Not thinking on CF later. So you guys are saying that a 80plus Bronze PSU with less wattage will do fine with my build?

maybe one like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095

or this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182068


Never heard anything about Rosewill PSU anyways... Are they good?

 

[majadito]

the AMD 7950 peaks at about 150w so either PSU will do the job just fine. personally I would take the antec neo eco 620w linked below, it s a good PSU for a very good price but either of the units you mentioned will also do the job.

150w playing BF3 maxed out ?!?!?! I've read about 260w in some review as peak power consumption...

 

[mace200200]

That seasonic is excellent, even though I don't really like more than one rail but for you it'll work out fine that way. Rosewill stuff has never given me problems in the past, however it is cheap so I would not buy one of their PSU's and risk my system.

 

[mace200200]

the rosewill is $10 less then the seasonic, how is it cheap?

Never had a Rosewill psu I was talking about their other stuff. I love their $4 fans, they don't usually last me more than a year, but they are cheap and I have no money.

 

[cuecuemore]

Rosewill PSUs are either really bad or really good. And, as has been stated, the Capstone series is really good.

 

[majadito]

225w maybe in a stress test but not in gaming.

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7950/images/power_peak.gif

Thanks for that info

 

[majadito]

What you guys saying is both are very good so I think I'll go for the modular one, the seasonic...

 

[mace200200]

What you guys saying is both are very good so I think I'll go for the modular one, the seasonic...

Go for it, pretty much nobody is gonna tell you that seasonic isn't a good way to go.

 

[majadito]

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