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Should I get a new PSU?
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I'd like to keep the PSU I would potentially purchase under 150 or so. I'm pretty sure I could get a decent one for that price.
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| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| BenQ XL2420T w/ lighboost hack 24/7 | Rosewill MX Cherry Red | Rosewill HIVE 750w | Coolermaster HAF912 |
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I think that it should be enough power.
Guru3D got their test system with one 5970 in it to pull almost 450W from the wall outlet which would come out to be about 382W being pulled from the PSU if the PSU's efficiency were 85%.
Here's how they did it, and it includes more information about their test setup:
The methodology is simple: We have a device constantly monitoring the power draw from the PC. After we have run all our tests and benchmarks we look at the recorded maximum peak; and that's the bulls-eye you need to observe as the power peak is extremely important. Bear in mind that you are not looking at the power consumption of the graphics card, but the consumption of the entire PC drawn and measured at the wall socket side.
Our test system is a power hungry Core i7 965 / X58 based and overclocked to 3.75 GHz. Next to that we have energy saving functions disabled for this motherboard and processor (to ensure consistent benchmark results).
Our motherboard also allows adding power phases for stability, which we enabled as well. I'd say on average we are using roughly 50 to 100 Watts more than a standard PC due to these settings and then add our CPU overclock, water-cooling, additional cold cathode lights etc.
Keep that in mind. Our normal system power consumption is much higher than your average system.
Even if I add 200W to this, that would still only be about 550W being pulled from the PSU. I mean, 450W + 200W multiplied by .85 for 85% PSU efficiency results in a little more than 550W (exactly 552.5W for this calculation).
It's like advanced alien technology! :)
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It's like advanced alien technology! :)
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
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| i5-2500K @ 4.7GHz (1.368V using +0.005 offset) | ASUS P8P67 EVO B3 (UEFI ver. 1850) | GTX 580 (ASUS DirectCU II) | G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1866MHz, CL9 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Optical Drive |
| 60 GB Callisto Deluxe (C:) | 64 GB G.SKILL Falcon (D:) | Samsung SH-S243N 24x DVD Burner | Samsung SH-S203N 20X DVD Burner |
| Cooling | OS | Monitor | Keyboard |
| Thermaltake Frio | Win 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 | Samsung 2253BW (1680 x 1050) | Filco Majestouch 104-key Cherry MX Blues w/NKRO |
| Power | Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad |
| Corsair HX650 (major overkill, but it was cheap) | CM 690 | Microsoft Intellimouse Optical | Basic, but premium round |
| Audio | Other | ||
| XtremeGamer (low-profile PCB) | Altec Lansing VS4121 (2.1 speaker system) | ||
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HAF 912 Rig
(17 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel 3570k @ 4.5 GHZ | Gigabyte Z77-D3H | EVGA GTX 670 | Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling | OS |
| 2x1tb Western Digital | 90GB Corsair Force 3 | H70 w/ push/pull panaflo | W7 ult. 64 bit |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| BenQ XL2420T w/ lighboost hack 24/7 | Rosewill MX Cherry Red | Rosewill HIVE 750w | Coolermaster HAF912 |
| Mouse | Mouse Pad | ||
| Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 Silver | Puretrak Talent | ||
| View all | |||
HAF 912 Rig
(17 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel 3570k @ 4.5 GHZ | Gigabyte Z77-D3H | EVGA GTX 670 | Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling | OS |
| 2x1tb Western Digital | 90GB Corsair Force 3 | H70 w/ push/pull panaflo | W7 ult. 64 bit |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| BenQ XL2420T w/ lighboost hack 24/7 | Rosewill MX Cherry Red | Rosewill HIVE 750w | Coolermaster HAF912 |
| Mouse | Mouse Pad | ||
| Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 Silver | Puretrak Talent | ||
| View all | |||
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