PSU Is my power supply good enough? (pic included)

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  1. nemmfesta

    nemmfesta What's a Dremel?

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    Antec 900 case, Q6600 overclocked 3.6, swiftech h2o-120 water cooling kit, sapphire's nvidia 8800gt, windows 7, DDR PC2-6400 2gb x2

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    thehippoz What's a Dremel?

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    cutting it real close if you loaded all 4 cores 100%

    q6600 loaded on all 4 pulls around 10 amps.. you have 28 on the 12 volt rail

    the 8800gt pulls around 18-19 amps fully loaded (well according to toms- it's going to be lower for regular apps and games)- it should be fine though for gaming and such

    if your running prime and furmark it might hit the wall though
     
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    nemmfesta What's a Dremel?

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    i guess thats all i needed to hear time for a new upgrade :thumb:
     
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    approx required wattage at peak load is 430W.

    This means you should have a PSU of 500W (75% of 500 is 375W, which should be more than your normal usage).

    *based on above spec, plus 4 HDD's. 2 Optical drives, a discreet soundcard, a 1GB 8800GT (I didn't think sapphire made cards based on nVidia chipsets?!) and overclocked Q6600 to 3.6GHz (+boost in voltage), the memory, the watercooling kit, and an additional 120mm fan.

    That sumzision PSU is a cheap nasty budget thing.

    This is what happens with budget PSU's

    Invest in a decent PSU. If you want the scope of say a second graphics card or something in the future go for a 700-800W unit. example
     

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