Wattage calc

**SilvRav** · 27-05-2011, 02:55 PM

Have been seeing a lot of posts in the line of "what size PSU must I get for A,B,C blah blah blah.//"

here ----> Antec Power Supply Calculator

USE IT!

**Orihalcon** · 27-05-2011, 03:10 PM

INdeed.

And Oj0...no posting about your super juiced 400w psu's that can output more than a small nuclear reactor please

**Firestrm_ZA** · 27-05-2011, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Orihalcon

INdeed.

And Oj0...no posting about your super juiced 400w psu's that can output more than a small nuclear reactor please

+1, I'll remove any posts by him along those lines.

Thread stuck.

According to the calc my pc needs 539w

**SilvRav** · 27-05-2011, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by Firestrm_ZA

+1, I'll remove any posts by him along those lines.

Thread stuck.

According to the calc my pc needs 539w

And you have a 850

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**Oj0** · 27-05-2011, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by Orihalcon

INdeed.

And Oj0...no posting about your super juiced 400w psu's that can output more than a small nuclear reactor please

Kindly show me where I ever made a post regarding PSU requirements without backing up my statements with fact, so STFU noob

...I've just run through my machine as well as VPII's machine and both "overload" their PSUs my about 10% yet neither of us have had any issues. Just saying.

Oh well, waste your money on an overrated PSU - it's not actually my problem

**Deadmeat** · 27-05-2011, 08:40 PM

According to the calculator i need a 827w psu
Running a hx650 and all is well.
I think it may be a bit overating things

**DeMoN_BuNNy** · 27-05-2011, 08:53 PM

also another thing id like to know, my dads b*****ng that the electricity bill is to high and hes blaming my computer. how expensive is it really to run a computer?

**lowracer** · 27-05-2011, 09:02 PM

In the current configuration of my 2600K sandy, with 2 x wd blacks, 16 gb ram, Nvidia 210 graphics, no optical, I end up at 257W

If I l add a sata raid controller, and 6 x green hdds I end up @ 305 w

**hereticangel** · 27-05-2011, 10:13 PM

i need 634 watt

if i add another gtx 480 goes to 829

**McDangerous** · 28-05-2011, 12:02 AM

With 100% load on all components (100% CPU TDP as well), 20% capacitor aging I get 628W, and I've never had an issue with my Vantec 550W. When going to the recommended 90% load, it drops to 570W. I totally get Oj0's point though, these calcs take into consideration if every single part of your system had to be utilized 100% what the power would be. Unless you're running Prime95, Furmark and a HDD bench utility simultaneously your power requirements won't reach that high at all. As proof check on Overclock.net, there's a guy in the SFF section that's running a GTX 580 with an i7 870 (I think, either that or a 2600K) off of a SFX 460W power supply with 0 problems. I'm not saying that's advisable, but you don't need kilowatt power supplies unless you've got some crazy **** in your rig, or you want complete silence, and thus don't want to stress the PSU at all.