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    600w psu too low for new computer?

    I have a 600w corsair psu that's about 1 year old. I'm building a whole new comp. However, as I kept adding parts I started wondering if 600w was enough power. Perhaps these forums could help me out. All items on Newegg.

    NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Steel / Plastic Enthusiast ATX Full Tower Computer Case

    Western Digital Caviar Black WD5003AZEX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

    XFX Double D HD-687A-ZDFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5

    G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

    ASUS P8Z77-M LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

    Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K

    OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

    Sorry if some things are irrelevant. I'm getting ready for work. Just wanted this here when I got back.
    Thanks for the help in advance.
    Last edited by Zalkiden; 2012-09-02 at 03:26 PM.

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    No, a 400W PSU could drive that.

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    Lots of people (particularly the ones who want to sell you things) will try to make you buy MOAR WATTS. The truth is that any modern computer that's not running SLI could be run off a good quality 400w PSU with a good margin. There just aren't that many things in a computer that draw that amount of power.

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    A 600W will be more than enough.
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    Running my computer right now using 314-322W. That's with three monitors included (100W and 35-40W x2) playing a movie, running some stuff in the background as well as a minecraft server.
    Last edited by mmoc7c6c75675f; 2012-09-02 at 05:58 PM.

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    thnk yooooooooooooou

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