600 Watt PSU Enough???

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  1. vspede

    vspede Member

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    I recently built a new computer but I'm wondering if my old 600 Watt PSU is enough. I bought the PSU at CompUSA Before it went into the craphole a year ago.

    Stats:
    Intel Q6600 Quad Core OC - 3GHZ
    2 Gigs of OCZ Ram DDR2 6400
    1 SATA Hard Drive
    1 SATA DVD Burner
    5 80 mm Fans
    1 ThermalTake Fan (CPU Fan)
    PSU has 2 Fans built in.

    I'm just wondering because when I first started the Computer, The lights blinked and wouldn't start. I had to push the power button again. This happened a few times but it doesnt happen anymore. It's been 1.5 weeks and it seems to run fine.

    Now if my 600 Watt PSU is enough, I just bought a MSI Geforce 9600GT which apparently comes with a power pin I have to connect to my PSU. Would this tip my current rig over the edge?

    Any help would be appreciated.

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    cee43ja1 Regular member

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    what brand is the psu? if it's an antec, thermaltake, corsair, or seasonic, then you're good.
     
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    I forgot to mention my MotherBoard is an Asus P5K.

    The Powersupply says EchoStar 600W Max.

    I have run a Prime 95 test on it for 2 hours and it was fine. I don't know if that helps.
     
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    God I'm starting to get antsy. I think Echo Star is bad?

    Or am I ok?

     
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    I'd bin it, AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
    A decent 600W unit is ample, but that's not a decent 600W. Get something like a Corsair HX 620W as a replacement.
    DO NOT ATTACH YOUR NEW GRAPHICS CARD BEFORE REPLACING THE POWER SUPPLY.
     
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    I can certainly vouch for the Corsair HX 620W; mine's running 5 SATA hard drives and 3 optical drives a treat (Q6600 here too but not overclocked) plus various fans and the monstrous Zalman CNPS 9700 Cooler; i don't do PC gaming anymore so my vid card is a cheapie
     
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    heh, I did some testing and all the fans in the Antec 900 and a Zalman CNPS7000 running at full speed use about 16W, so not a huge amount. The funny bit is that 8 of those watts are the 200mm fan at the top!
     
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    vspede, Mar 7, 2008
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    In my eyes the OCZ GameXStream series is a bit naff, but you could do worse.
     
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