What PSU wattage is sufficient? - Page 2

ZuePhok · 26th Aug 2008, 12:54 AM

for ur setup, 500w is good enough
that thing wont consume more than 300W at peak

Lacus · 26th Aug 2008, 01:09 AM

well it's easy then. Got budget get the 4870 (around 1k and maybe less) if not enough budget then it's the 4850 (around 600 or less) since both card already can beat the hell out of 9800gtx+

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Chai · 26th Aug 2008, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Lacus

well it's easy then. Got budget get the 4870 (around 1k and maybe less) if not enough budget then it's the 4850 (around 600 or less) since both card already can beat the hell out of 9800gtx+

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Actually 9800GTX+ is faster than 4850 is many situation.

chingster · 26th Aug 2008, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ZuePhok

for ur setup, 500w is good enough
that thing wont consume more than 300W at peak

What if I wanted to overclock occasionally, 500w still? 600 maybe?

goldfries · 26th Aug 2008, 11:59 AM

put it this way, I'm using a GTX280 on a 550w and it's fine. so your HD4850 even on whatever overclock also won't need until 600w.

Chai · 26th Aug 2008, 02:13 PM

Overclocking should not increase power consumption, unless you start to vmod. In fact overclocking barely increase 5W-10W unless you touch the voltage.

chingster · 27th Aug 2008, 11:44 AM

alright thanks again for the input, now i just gotta go and haul all these parts in =p. I think im gonna go with the PCP&P 610W or Corsair TX650W just to have some headroom and be more futureproof.

I am really excited and looking forward to putting this thing together.

Adrian Wong · 27th Aug 2008, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by chingster

alright thanks again for the input, now i just gotta go and haul all these parts in =p. I think im gonna go with the PCP&P 610W or Corsair TX650W just to have some headroom and be more futureproof.

I am really excited and looking forward to putting this thing together.

If you want to be futureproof, don't worry so much about getting MORE power. Even with many hard drives, you are unlikely to need more than 500 W unless you really want to use 2 or more graphics cards.

Make sure the PSU comes with at least one 6-pin AND one 8-pin power connector. If you can get modular PSUs with the ability to add more connectors, that's even better.

Lacus · 28th Aug 2008, 03:29 AM

oops, got some stuff mixxed up =_=..I though it's slightly faster? thanks for pointing it out *everyone is learning here*

goldfries · 28th Aug 2008, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Make sure the PSU comes with at least one 6-pin AND one 8-pin power connector. If you can get modular PSUs with the ability to add more connectors, that's even better.

PRECISELY.

I bought my Gigabyte 550w Odin GT earlier this year thought that it would be fine and all to use with 3870X2 and to my horror, it doesn't have 8-pin PCI-E connector!

so I did this.........

it works on GTX280 too!

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chingster Newbie Join Date: 24 Aug 2008 Posts: 12 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	alright thanks again for the input, now i just gotta go and haul all these parts in =p. I think im gonna go with the PCP&P 610W or Corsair TX650W just to have some headroom and be more futureproof. I am really excited and looking forward to putting this thing together.

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