Will my psu be enough for casual to light hardcore gaming

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MyNameIsTony

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I am ordering this psu...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016

I am afraid if i put to much load it can fry.
i am using a xfx 6950 2gig and from what ive seen the max power.consuption is 260 watts.
my cpu shall be a i-5 3570k and max load for that is around 130 watts.
Ram will be 8 gigs
i cdrom
500 gig 7200 rpm
case with 2 120mm fan and 1 140mm fan.

im not over clocking or doin hardcore benchmarking/stress.testing i just want to use it to play games such as leauge of legends dota 2 left 4 dead counter strike fall out 3 diablo 3 ect but nothing too hardcore.

also i already ordered the psu so if it cant handle is there any tips to lower the power consumption ussage.

thx hopefully everything goes will gulp..
 
your specs don't match your useage. You say you won't overclock, yet you spent more to get a k series CPU. Illogical there.

Anyway, you have plenty of power there. Its a great PSU to boot.
 
Lol i know its stupid but maybe for the future i will buy a better psu for future OC but for now im sticking with this.
do know it has 3 12v rails so does that affect it at all?

and if anyone has anymore tips plz let me know.thx :))
 
the rails are not really all that important. The myth that more rails is bad is not true. A single rail PSU is more dangerous to the components it is plugged into. Three rails seems about right for a 500-600 watt PSU.

And it is not stupid since you said that. It just did not make sense at first spending extra for not OCing. But if you want to OC in the future then you made a good call.
 
wolfeking is right. It's more about the people not distributing the load properly, putting to much on one rail. Which brought up the myth; "multi rail's aren't good". But in reality, it's the people that don't know what there doing.
 
Ok cool so how do i know what rails to put in which hardware? or does it already have it set to where all rails are automatically disputed.
 
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