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intruding
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
157 Posts
October 03 2009 22:23 GMT
#1
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Dasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States71 Posts
October 03 2009 22:41 GMT
#2
That is plenty of power. I have had my system with two hardrives powered with a 180 watt power supply. Same processor too. The Pentium D sucks btw.
"My favorite race is zerglings"
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-03 22:57:21
October 03 2009 22:54 GMT
#3
It really depend of the brand/quality of your power supply.

For example a 550 Corsair Alim is very powerfull and is trully delivering the 550 watts but some shitty brands label their stuff "500w" whereas a good 400 is better ( and more silent and safe lol )

So what is your the brand/model of your power supply ?


Anyway hardrives aren't too greedy. Usually the problem is GPU / CPU
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
Pakje
Profile Joined March 2009
Belgium288 Posts
October 03 2009 22:56 GMT
#4
what kind of 80% label has it?
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
October 03 2009 23:09 GMT
#5
In short - yes. That's enough. I'm running 4 drives with 450 atm and the voltages are all rock stable.
xmShake
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1100 Posts
October 03 2009 23:16 GMT
#6
Yes.
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
October 03 2009 23:23 GMT
#7
you need to account for other factors like how many 12v rails it has.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
Saddened Izzy
Profile Joined July 2009
United States198 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-04 00:48:37
October 04 2009 00:47 GMT
#8
Unless you are hiding a beat of a graphics card 500w is more then enough. Most consumer sold computers don't even draw more then 300w maxed esp running on integrated graphics but generally you want your computer to draw your psu at 50% on avg as most psu are designed for that load and is the most power efficient then but 500w is plenty. HDD's don't add that much more draw to a computer.
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DeSu
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Australia91 Posts
October 04 2009 00:52 GMT
#9
That should be enough, but to make sure you must construct additional pylons.
intruding
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
157 Posts
October 04 2009 00:54 GMT
#10
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cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
October 04 2009 02:09 GMT
#11
That's enough power if that PSU wants to be at 500 watts. If you buy a shitty power supply that says its going to operate there but really doesn't want to then it won't you know?

ZeaL.
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States5955 Posts
October 04 2009 03:23 GMT
#12
On October 04 2009 08:23 CharlieMurphy wrote:
you need to account for other factors like how many 12v rails it has.


This is a common misconception. A PSU with a single 12V rail rated for 28A will be just as good as a PSU with two rails at a lower amperage. PC Power & Cooling goes with single rails and are one of the most highly rated PSU manufacturers in the business.
Saddened Izzy
Profile Joined July 2009
United States198 Posts
October 04 2009 06:47 GMT
#13
I mean even if you look at enthusit parts 500-600w is more then enough for a 1 gpu system

1 cpu maxed 140w TDP
1 gpu maxed 300w TDP
2 sticks of ram depends on DDR DDR2 3 on draw but it only adds like 30w number out of my ass there per stick max
2 hdd depends on pata/ide or sata
1 rom drive again but they are just a few watts
few perhiperals 20w? ridiculous amounts

So i mean even with absurd cpu and gpu the max TDP they would put on a single cpu or gpu you still fall around 500w max draw for 1 gpu cpu system. And depening on how the company rates the psu like from pc power and cooling a 910w psu can be maxed draw without failure at 1Kw
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