Well, I am. I run a Q9650 over clocked with 8GB of DDR2, a 4950 and a
5750, two SSDs four hard drives, two optical, a floppy eight fans,
all off a Sesonic 850w PS and it pulls 275 watts most of the time
At 05:51 AM 4/20/2010, you wrote:
ARe you guys actually checking power draw using a Kill-o-Watt meter?
On 4/20/2010 8:38 AM, Stan Zaske wrote:
You're seriously mistaken my friend. 600 watts is more than
adequate for most builds and overkill in many cases.
On 4/20/2010 2:29 AM, maccrawj wrote:
Bullshit! 500-600 is just cutting it for MOST current cards
combined with the potential needs of up to 6 hdd's modern mobo's
are capable of never mind what other power hungry components are installed.
* Don't skip on PSU brand or capacity, it saves no real money in the end.
* Always lookup what ODM makes a given PSU
* Read real reviews that stress test.
On 4/19/2010 2:15 PM, Stan Zaske wrote:
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> You should be fine with 600 watts unless you plan on running 2
5870's or nVidia 480's (not recommended).
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