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Forum CPU & Components : Power Supplies, Cases & Mods [Solved] How much watt's do I need for this setup?

How much watt's would be needed for this setup?

Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB DDR3

Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560Ti 2GB

Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 7.1

Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB

Optical Drive: Asus 12x Blu-Ray Burner

A normal 120MM fan.

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Message edited by Storm Slider on 02-05-2012 at 02:22:42 AM

Reply to Storm Slider

Hi

500 TO 600 WATTS...

All the best Brett

Reply to Brett928S2

Hi there,

by coincidence we almost have similar systems .. and I'm running a corsair AX1200 watt. I think and I'm not sure 850 watt is a limit for my system but I bough the 1200 watt to have the opportunity to upgrade to a quad SLI when needed coz my motherboard support only quad double GPU.

I think that .. 800/850 watt .. will run your system .. what's your budget anyway ? if you can afford $299 then go with the 1200 watt.

hope this help

------------------------------ Monster Case - CPU: i7 2600k - Cooler: corsair Hydro 80 - RAM: 16 GB corsair Vengeance
Motherboard: Asus P8P67-M PRO - Graphics: Asus GTX 560 Ti DirectCull 1Go - SSD: OCZ Vertex3 120Gb
HDD: Samsung 500 GB Sata III. Power supply: Gold Corsair AX1200
Reply to SectorC

though your cpu seems a bit high end compared to the rest of the setup

if its for gaming you could save a fair bit by getting a 2500k instead of 2700k

Reply to mcnumpty23

Woops, how much watts now?

Reply to Storm Slider

A good 650 W unit can run a system with a strong CPU and 2 GTX 560 Tis in SLI, the TX 750 will do just fine.

Total power draw from the wall at max load with that current setup is probably about 350 W, adding another GTX 560 Ti would bring you up to about 550 W.

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Single 12V rail or multiple 12V rails?
Reply to hunter315

I don't think either of the above two estimates are close, I'd say you'd only need 500w.

Here is a useful calculator that could help.

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

Reply to Dandalf

Storm Slider wrote :

How much watt's would be needed for this setup?
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560Ti 2GB
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 7.1
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Power Supply: Corsair TX750
Optical Drive: Asus 12x Blu-Ray Burner
A normal 120MM fan.

The dual PCIe slot motherboard opens the possibility to SLI/CF in the future so your choice of the Corsair TX750Watts is ideal. Go for it.

Reply to randomkid

This is my first computer I am building so I need to make sure I get the correct watts needed because if I don't, my computer will get ruined and I've been through alot to get this. Any more suggestions?

Message edited by Storm Slider on 02-05-2012 at 02:26:11 AM

Reply to Storm Slider

Best answer

Well you don't mention anything about SLI in your first post, so I am going to go off of the assumption that you are not necessarily looking for that. In which case this calculator: http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine puts you at a max of ~600 if you overclock, ~500 if you don't.

Like wise if you did SLI, then you would need ~750 with overclocking and ~650 without overclocking.

You are probably more than fine with a psu like one of these:

Budget: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817341047
High Efficiency: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817182071 (discount ends 2/5)
Premium: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817151098

For future planning with SLI or overclocking:

Budget: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817341049
High Efficiency: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817182073
Premium: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817116011

Reply to totalknowledge

A quality 500W will run a system with one GTX 560ti.
For SLI a quality 650W is sufficient.

Reply to davcon

LOL I'm a CG artist and I need that 2600K to render using 3dsmax .. but I used to play from time to time .. that's why and anyway I'm upgrading the GC each time I find a good occasion so instead of buying everything in a once .; I do buy by piece .; I hope for my next upgrade to buy an SLI 590 gtx cause my problem is that my motherboard supports only quad SLI .; and believe me I bought in an error, I mean I jsut read some specs about it and BOM I payed LOL I read just about the socket coz I needed one to my CPU.

Best hopes

A quality 600-700w psu will run your system and will support sli. Get something by corsair, xfx, antec, seasonic. Do not get anything by raidmax, diablotek, and cooler master.

------------------------------ Switching over to watercooling soon....
Reply to amuffin

between 50 and 60 amps should do it........ don't purchase the Palit card. I and someone else I knew had the same problem with this brand. The back end of the card got too hot ( lack of heat sinks on circuitry ) causing erratic game play. Was no fix for it. RMA/s
funny, because the reviews made on it showed the card with that 15 cent heat sink on it but retail they removed it..... bad, bad, bad....... won't buy Palit anymore.

Reply to swifty_morgan

Ewww... palit... that's horrible. Sorry for your lost, swifty.

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