Power Requirements. Help plz.

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#1 D_Knight_Nik
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Sorry to pester you lot again, but any chance u can take a guess at what psu/wattage i'll need for my system. Might help me save a little money, which would be nice.

Gigabyte GA-48X-DQ6, Intel Duo E8500 3.16GHz dual crossfired HD 4870's, OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) ddr2 ram, 2x Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache, Westen Digital VelocilRaptor 150GB 10000RPM SATA-II 16 MB Cache, Antec Twelve Hundred Ultamate gaming case. I don't know what soundcard im getting, but will be something cheap and i may have to add 1 or 2 other peripherals. Oh and dvd rom + Dvd-RW.

480w for peaked 4870 crossfired and i think E8500 overclocked is around 100w, so thats already 580w. I don't know how much the m/b, ram, hdd's and peripherals would all use up and i hear it's good to have power to spare so a system runs without any hicupps. Im taking a guess that it' somewhere between 750-850w needed. Can anyone comfirm plz.

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i used
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
that website
:) worked for me!
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#3 Helbrec
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With extreme psu calculator you can take away about 50W because my specs right now, said i need 450W and ive been running it with a 350W for a year.
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#4 D_Knight_Nik
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Thanks alot!

I entered in my specs, pushed the tdp to 90% and the system load to 95%. Then overclocked my cpu to 3.8GHz with voltage 1.35 and finally add capacitor againg 30% to account for 24/7 usage for 1 year+. It's given me around 747w, so im estimating that 750-800w will be plenty to cover my system for over a year or more.

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With extreme psu calculator you can take away about 50W because my specs right now, said i need 450W and ive been running it with a 350W for a year.Helbrec

D: ive done that with my 6600GT .. 4 years later it was fried :( good thing it was about time to upgrade

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#6 Strifebringer
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800-1000W would be my guess. Especially if you're overclocking.
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#7 kodex1717
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A Corsair 650TX would be entirely adequate for your setup. According to TweakTown, their system with a Q6600 @ 3 GHz, 2 x HD 4870, a 250GB Seagate Barracuda, a Gigabyte X48 DQ6, and 2GB of DDR2-800 RAM used 430W of power on load.