shinji2k

Not really. With a small OC on that CPU, it will probably use 80-90W. An OCed 9800gt will use between 100-120W. Then add ~50W for the motherboard, HDD and soundcard and I come up with 250-280W.

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TwoCables

And here I thought PSU's with 350w or less simply weren't powerful enough to handle today's systems.

Thank you, shinji2k.

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shinji2k

Generally, around here a 350W usually isn't enough with highly OCed dual cores and especially quads with power hungry video cards. But since he's got a low power dual core with a light OC and a 9800gt that doesn't need a lot, a ~400W PSU will do just fine. But if you OC a lot or upgrade to like a gtx260 it would be better to go up to a 500W or so. The fact is is that there are very few quality ~400W PSUs since quality parts are expensive. You could build a good 400W PSU and sell it for $60 or you can make a good 600W PSU and be able to sell it for $70. Higher wattage PSUs are able to absorb the cost of quality parts easier.

Also a lot of people here buy with room for future upgrades or they run multi card setups which can really jack up the power needs. So yeah, a dual core at stock or close to stock speeds and a mainstream video card will run easily on a decent quality 350-400W PSU. Dell, HP and just about every other PC company does it all the time.

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Pearl in the Rough (My on going case mod comp project that I couldn't finish on time)
Actual Power Consumption of a few components I own

Please forgive me, I have SIWOTI syndrome.

A still more glorious dawn awaits. Not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise. A morning filled with 400 billion suns. The rising of the Milky Way.

TwoCables

Nice. I learned a lot from you right here. Thank you.

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