450Watts enough for this system?

[korrupt]

I'm thinking of building the following system for a mate, but need to know if 450w psu is enough.


CPU CORE 2 DUO E6600/2.40GHz/4MB CACHE/1066FSB/LGA775
RAM Kingston KVR667D2N5/1G 1Gb DDR2 667
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA865P S775, P965, ATX, FSB1066, PCIE16, DDR2, SATAII, RAID, GbELAN, VDUALBIO, Core2Duo
Harddrive (system) WD 74GB 10,000rpm 16Mb Cache SATA
Video card Gigabyte GF 7950GX2 1Gb/TV-Out/DVI
Case/psu Antec Sonata II Tower Case w/450W

Cheers,

Korrupt

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Nope. I would recommend at least a 550W+ PSU for that configuration. The 7950GX2 is a terrible sucker for power, as are the E6600 and the Raptor.

 

[Didou]

You'll be fine with that PSU, I suppose it is the Antec PSU that came with the Sonata. The only reason you'd need a stronger PSU is if you were intending to use a 2nd VGA card for SLI but even then I'm not sure that 450 wouldn't suffice.

 

[korrupt]

so I have 2 different opinions from two very "reputable" people - any more opinions would be appreciated!

Korrupt

 

[Shoupie080]

I've burnt up two 450 watts in my system:

p4 3.0
1 g ddr 3200 ram
x1900xt

So for 50 bucks more or whatever the price I would get a 550-600 watt. It's very frustrating when you start to smell your computer burning because of your psu.

 

[jb444]

I couldnt say if its enough...but it wouldnt do any harm to get somthing like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817341002
I personally think its worth the extra money to have a quality psu thats gonna keep up with any upgrades you might want

 

[Rik]

Go here http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

I agree. It's better to get a 550W PSU and be sure that it's more than enough than get a 450W one and have it get burnt out.

 

[nickslick74]

Using your specs as a rough guide, you will need a 432 watt psu (according to the calculator above). If you figure they run at about 80% effiency, then you are looking at about a 500W psu. The 450 will probably get him by, but it will be stressed.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817159054
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103937
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104934

If he plans on going Sli in the future, you are looking at 600+ for a psu.

 

[altheman]

Seriously, get a 550w. That is a powerful system, taking the risk isn't worth it.