How much power wil lI need?

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Niskyspy

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Hello, I would like to find out how much power I need to power up the following setup.

MOTHER BOARD:
ASUS M2N-SLI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131013
CPU:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2000MHz HT 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor or AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Orleans 2000MHz HT 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor.
HD: Some SeaGate 160Gig HD
DVD: Just a sony DVD reader/writer
VIDEO: Two BIOSTAR V7602GS21 Geforce 7600GS 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 video cards running SLI.
MEMORY: 1GIG of DDR2
Well thats about it, thanks in advance
 
So from what it looks like, since I am running SLI, 500 watts is the minimum + it needs to be a good solid Power Sourse unit.
 
Motoxrdude said:
Yea i dont think so. It says my system only reqiures 268W. My computer would pop the fuse on a 280W PSU.

The PSU that TommyCompton linked is good.
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You sure that you made you had everything accounted for. And was it a cheap psu. That gives you the minimal requirements, but when your system spikes it will need more power. It just gives you an idea of where to start.
 
bball4life said:
You sure that you made you had everything accounted for. And was it a cheap psu. That gives you the minimal requirements, but when your system spikes it will need more power. It just gives you an idea of where to start.
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Yea... I dont know, i think its complete crap...
 
Motoxrdude said:
Yea... I dont know, i think its complete crap...
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Ok, unless you obviously didn't select everything right. All items use a certain amount of power, it adds it up and gives you the number. So you messed up or the 280 watt psu you messed up was a cheap pos, that couldn't power anything anyway.
 
bball4life said:
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that test says i need over 750 watts, i'd be very surprised if i popped a quality 700 watt psu.

i figure niskyspy could add another hd or two and another gig of ram and still do fine with the antec 550.



edit: oops i picked dual processor before reading the bottom, i guess i'm at about 580watts, i guess i'll turn down my overclock untill i get my 700 watt psu.
but like it says amperage on the 12v rail is the most important factor when buying a psu.
 
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i think you did...........
i edited my post, the first time i did the test it was my error, was thinking wtf 750 seems a tad high.
seemed accurate when i did it properly.
 
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