Right alot of new people come here saying I NEEDZ 1000W FOR MY CELERON BUILD.
To sort things out.
[URL]http://thermaltake.outervision.com/Power[/URL]
Lo of people will say that aint right. But it is srsly. just add about 50w ish when you get your result and you should go with that (maybe a tad more if its like 350)
Wow, that's useful, thanks :buddy:
Pleasure
And it's like people who actually think they need 1000 watt PSUs would read this :sigh:.
:/
It says i need a 1027w PSU.
Nice
it says i need a 38w PSU to power my system
[QUOTE=rampageturke;20938085]it says i need a 38w PSU to power my system[/QUOTE]
You have to hit the calculate button.
465? Good thing I ditched that 550 watt.
Have an informative.
[QUOTE=Roast Beast;20938362]You have to hit the calculate button.[/QUOTE]
i did
I'm using 337 watts full load, 50% aging out of my 700 Watt psu. When I got my psu I thought more = better. At least its a good brand, OCZ it is, yes it isssss.
ok finally works now and i'm using around 380watts on my 520w PSU :smug:
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which is coolermaster
An experienced builder will be able to guesstimate power draw on your system, keeping in mnd that you should always err on the side of more power. Besides, it's been proven that most power supplies get the best efficiency from right around 55% load (whereas they can steadily draw about %80 comfortably).
I guess what I'm getting at is that if your system draws 450W full load (keep in mind the only time you'll ever see full load on the CPU and GPU at the same time is with synthetic benchmarks or maybe distributed rendering), it may not be a bad idea to pick up a 650-700W power supply (or lower if you can find 80+ silver or 80+ gold). You'll spend more on the PSU, but your PSU will last longer because you're not running it at it's peak power draw under load, and you can save yourself up to 50W draw, due to efficiency ranges.
687 Watts, sounds about right
It's saying I use 995W at full load. My system is running great on a 650W PSU.
995? What the hell are you running?
nuclear reactor
[QUOTE=ferrus;20943868]995? What the hell are you running?[/QUOTE]
OC'd Q6600, 2 10k RPM drives, and a tape drive are whats using the most power.
Surely that does not amount to a kilowatt though? It said I'm 450-500 and I'm running
1 HD
4870
3.6GHz Q6600 (1.37 vcore)
4GB RAM
Sound card
mouse, keyboard
7 fans
optical drive
PSU calculators are not that reliable in determining what you need as they only tell you overall wattage.
What matters is amperage, how and where the power is distributed, and efficiency.
[QUOTE=CPShArp;20944349]PSU calculators are not that reliable in determining what you need as they only tell you overall wattage.
What matters is amperage, how and where the power is distributed, and efficiency.[/QUOTE]
Good point
[QUOTE=ferrus;20944287]Surely that does not amount to a kilowatt though? It said I'm 450-500 and I'm running
1 HD
4870
3.6GHz Q6600 (1.37 vcore)
4GB RAM
Sound card
mouse, keyboard
7 fans
optical drive[/QUOTE]
my Q6600 is at 3.8 and 1.4 vcore
Tape drives take a ton of power.
355 watts full load, surprised actually.
i got 450 =D
IF you arent to clever with the computers then you just use that and add about 100 i would say.
Its just a thing to stop kids going around saying they either need some little 100w Generic brand called Superdupershinycoolpsu or a mega 2kw 500£ psu
[QUOTE=voltlight;20946501][img_thumb]http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/469/wattage.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
I like how it recommends an 8 million watt power supply for a 17 million watt overclocked CPU.
[QUOTE=Roast Beast;20947184]I like how it recommends an 8 million watt power supply for a 17 million watt overclocked CPU.[/QUOTE]
it's because of all the physics hoosits and quantum whatsits
jesus don't you know anything
get out of this section until you learn basic computing, god damn
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