please check out my rig and let me know what you all think.
If i don't have enough power can i safely run a second psu?
Thermaltake
(29 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| I5 760 2.8ghz | ausu maximus 3 formula | gtx 470 superclocked | gtx 470 |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Gskill | 3tb | 3tb | 2tb green |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| 2tb green | 1tb | 1tb | 300gb |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| 300gb | light on blue ray burner | Asus dvd burner | TT-1425 |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| H60 | THERMALTAKE 240MM | gskill ram cooler | 140 mm led fan |
| Cooling | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 140 mm fan | 140 mm led fan | WIN 7 PRO 64 BIT | MAGNAVOX 42" 1080I |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| comfort cordless keyboard logictech | Thermaltake tough power 850 | THERMALTAKE ARMOR + | performance MX logictech |
| Audio | |||
| Sound blaster headphones wrath | |||
| View all | |||
Thermaltake
(29 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| I5 760 2.8ghz | ausu maximus 3 formula | gtx 470 superclocked | gtx 470 |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Gskill | 3tb | 3tb | 2tb green |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| 2tb green | 1tb | 1tb | 300gb |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| 300gb | light on blue ray burner | Asus dvd burner | TT-1425 |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| H60 | THERMALTAKE 240MM | gskill ram cooler | 140 mm led fan |
| Cooling | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 140 mm fan | 140 mm led fan | WIN 7 PRO 64 BIT | MAGNAVOX 42" 1080I |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| comfort cordless keyboard logictech | Thermaltake tough power 850 | THERMALTAKE ARMOR + | performance MX logictech |
| Audio | |||
| Sound blaster headphones wrath | |||
| View all | |||





You have enough power to have three GTX 470s in your system:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_470_2_and_3_way_sli_review,23.html
With just one GTX 470 under full load in their system, their power supply pulled 411W from the wall outlet. The CPU was idling, so let's add 150W, which makes the power supply pull 561W from the wall outlet. If the PSU is 85% efficient while pulling 561W from the wall, then that means the system is pulling about 477W from the PSU. This power draw of 477W is with both the GTX 470 and the CPU under full load simultaneously.
With two GTX 470s and the CPU under full load simultaneously, the power draw from the PSU would be 610W.
With three GTX 470s and the CPU under full load simultaneously, it would be about 802W.
Your PSU is designed to be able to deliver 850W continuously. ;)
It's like advanced alien technology! :)
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| View all | |||
It's like advanced alien technology! :)
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| View all | |||


of my systems is using 3 gtx 470s and draws a bit more then 900 watts from the wall, (907 i think it was?) so more then fine 
Mini-Box
(18 items) |
Black and blue all over
(15 items) |
Flowery Pink
(11 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 3770k | Asus P8Z77-i Deluxe | Evga Gtx 670 SC 4gb | Samsung 8gb (4gb x2) |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive |
| Corsair GT | Samsung 830 | Western Digital Scorpio Black 750gb | Panasonic Slim Blu-ray Burner |
| Cooling | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Ek Supreme HF Nickel | EK Gtx 670 Nickel | Windows 8 64-Bit | Dell U2412m |
| Keyboard | Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad |
| Logitech K810 | Silverstone Sugo SG05-450 | Logitech G700 | Corsair |
| Audio | Audio | ||
| Fiio E17 | Mackie MR5MK2 | ||
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 920 @ 4.1 1.35v | Msi Big Bang Xpower | 3x EVGA GTX 470 + Evga Gtx 465 | 24gb Corsair XMS3 |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| C300 64gb + Samsung F3 1TB | 2x LG Blu-ray/HD-Dvd Drive | Antec Kuhler 920 | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| Samsung 2693HM | Corsair K60 | Antec HCP-1200 | Corsair 800D |
| Mouse | Audio | ||
| Logitech G700 | Corsair SP2200 | ||
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel i5 2500k | Asus h67 | Nvidia GTS 450 | Crucial |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Western Digital | Samsung dvd-rw | Intel Stock | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
| Power | Case | Audio | |
| Corsair CX430 | InWin Allure | Creative X-Fi Titanium HD | |
| View all | |||
Mini-Box
(18 items) |
Black and blue all over
(15 items) |
Flowery Pink
(11 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 3770k | Asus P8Z77-i Deluxe | Evga Gtx 670 SC 4gb | Samsung 8gb (4gb x2) |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive |
| Corsair GT | Samsung 830 | Western Digital Scorpio Black 750gb | Panasonic Slim Blu-ray Burner |
| Cooling | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Ek Supreme HF Nickel | EK Gtx 670 Nickel | Windows 8 64-Bit | Dell U2412m |
| Keyboard | Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad |
| Logitech K810 | Silverstone Sugo SG05-450 | Logitech G700 | Corsair |
| Audio | Audio | ||
| Fiio E17 | Mackie MR5MK2 | ||
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 920 @ 4.1 1.35v | Msi Big Bang Xpower | 3x EVGA GTX 470 + Evga Gtx 465 | 24gb Corsair XMS3 |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| C300 64gb + Samsung F3 1TB | 2x LG Blu-ray/HD-Dvd Drive | Antec Kuhler 920 | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| Samsung 2693HM | Corsair K60 | Antec HCP-1200 | Corsair 800D |
| Mouse | Audio | ||
| Logitech G700 | Corsair SP2200 | ||
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel i5 2500k | Asus h67 | Nvidia GTS 450 | Crucial |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Western Digital | Samsung dvd-rw | Intel Stock | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
| Power | Case | Audio | |
| Corsair CX430 | InWin Allure | Creative X-Fi Titanium HD | |
| View all | |||





That sounds about right because if your PSU is 90% efficient while pulling 907W from the wall, then that would mean your system pulls 816W from the PSU when the PSU pulls 907W from the wall.
It's like advanced alien technology! :)
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| View all | |||
It's like advanced alien technology! :)
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| View all | |||
Thermaltake
(29 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| I5 760 2.8ghz | ausu maximus 3 formula | gtx 470 superclocked | gtx 470 |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Gskill | 3tb | 3tb | 2tb green |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| 2tb green | 1tb | 1tb | 300gb |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| 300gb | light on blue ray burner | Asus dvd burner | TT-1425 |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| H60 | THERMALTAKE 240MM | gskill ram cooler | 140 mm led fan |
| Cooling | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 140 mm fan | 140 mm led fan | WIN 7 PRO 64 BIT | MAGNAVOX 42" 1080I |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| comfort cordless keyboard logictech | Thermaltake tough power 850 | THERMALTAKE ARMOR + | performance MX logictech |
| Audio | |||
| Sound blaster headphones wrath | |||
| View all | |||
Thermaltake
(29 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| I5 760 2.8ghz | ausu maximus 3 formula | gtx 470 superclocked | gtx 470 |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Gskill | 3tb | 3tb | 2tb green |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| 2tb green | 1tb | 1tb | 300gb |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| 300gb | light on blue ray burner | Asus dvd burner | TT-1425 |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| H60 | THERMALTAKE 240MM | gskill ram cooler | 140 mm led fan |
| Cooling | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 140 mm fan | 140 mm led fan | WIN 7 PRO 64 BIT | MAGNAVOX 42" 1080I |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| comfort cordless keyboard logictech | Thermaltake tough power 850 | THERMALTAKE ARMOR + | performance MX logictech |
| Audio | |||
| Sound blaster headphones wrath | |||
| View all | |||





Anywhere from about 5 to 9W per hard drive, depending on how much work the hard drive is doing:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/4tb-3tb-hdd,3183-15.html
(I am assuming that this can give a general idea that can be applied to most hard drives)
So, if you were to make all 8 hard drives completely maxed out to their limits, then the total amount of power being consumed would probably come to 60-80W. I have to assume that this never happens, so the maximum amount of power all 8 of your hard drives consume at any given time probably doesn't even ever exceed 50W - if that.
It's like advanced alien technology! :)
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| View all | |||
It's like advanced alien technology! :)
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| View all | |||
Thermaltake
(29 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| I5 760 2.8ghz | ausu maximus 3 formula | gtx 470 superclocked | gtx 470 |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Gskill | 3tb | 3tb | 2tb green |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| 2tb green | 1tb | 1tb | 300gb |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| 300gb | light on blue ray burner | Asus dvd burner | TT-1425 |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| H60 | THERMALTAKE 240MM | gskill ram cooler | 140 mm led fan |
| Cooling | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 140 mm fan | 140 mm led fan | WIN 7 PRO 64 BIT | MAGNAVOX 42" 1080I |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| comfort cordless keyboard logictech | Thermaltake tough power 850 | THERMALTAKE ARMOR + | performance MX logictech |
| Audio | |||
| Sound blaster headphones wrath | |||
| View all | |||
Thermaltake
(29 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| I5 760 2.8ghz | ausu maximus 3 formula | gtx 470 superclocked | gtx 470 |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| Gskill | 3tb | 3tb | 2tb green |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| 2tb green | 1tb | 1tb | 300gb |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| 300gb | light on blue ray burner | Asus dvd burner | TT-1425 |
| Cooling | Cooling | Cooling | Cooling |
| H60 | THERMALTAKE 240MM | gskill ram cooler | 140 mm led fan |
| Cooling | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 140 mm fan | 140 mm led fan | WIN 7 PRO 64 BIT | MAGNAVOX 42" 1080I |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| comfort cordless keyboard logictech | Thermaltake tough power 850 | THERMALTAKE ARMOR + | performance MX logictech |
| Audio | |||
| Sound blaster headphones wrath | |||
| View all | |||





But 20% capacitor aging is unrealistic unless your PSU has been under full load 24/7 for the past few years. A more realistic figure is about 5-10%, but the problem is that you have a quality-made power supply, so this isn't that much of an issue.
Not only that, but the "System Load" in this PSU calculator must be set to about 70% or so unless you are Folding or BOINC'ing 24/7.
So, can you use the calculator again? Except, this time click the calculator's built-in Print button and then post a screenshot of that page in your browser. I want to show you what the PSU experts on here taught me regarding how to use this calculator correctly so that you don't get extremely over-inflated results like 849W.
The efficiency works like this: if your system needs 600W, and if your PSU is 90% efficient, then it has to pull about 667W from the wall outlet in order to deliver 600W to the system. If the PSU is 85% efficient, then it has to pull about 706W from the wall outlet in order to deliver that 600W to the system. If the PSU is only 80% efficient, then it has to pull 750W from the wall in order to deliver 600W to the system.
So, the efficiency isn't related to the PSU's capacity at all. Your PSU can continuously deliver 850W because that's how it has been designed. It is a quality-made 850W power supply. The efficiency doesn't enter into the capacity rating at all. In other words, you do not have a 765W power supply because it can be about 90% efficient, nor do you have a 748W power supply because of this assumed 88% efficiency.

I don't know, but why are you asking? Are you having computer problems? If not, then everything is fine.
It's like advanced alien technology! :)
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| View all | |||
It's like advanced alien technology! :)
(18 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| View all | |||
