will an ne4090 400w be sufficient for the following spec..

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can the ne4090 handle the 8800gts e6600 2gb ram raptor 74gb overclocked spec

yes easily
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will an ne4090 400w be sufficient for the following spec..

Post by hugekebab » Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:14 pm

can my nexus ne4090 handle this spec? would it be borderline or well within psu capabilities at full load + overclock?


8800 gtsOR gtx OR 7950 gx2 OR
e6600 overclocked to 3.4
2gb pc6400
asus p5b deluxe OR evga 680i board
raptor 74gb
samsung spinpoint 80gb
dvd 18x writer
2 x case fans
scythe ninja rev B


also could you advise what connector adapters etc i may need for that psu as i dont want to buy the upgrade and find out i cant build that day!!!

appreciate that this is a yawnsome post but would really appreciate the help.

thanks

sam

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Post by hugekebab » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:46 pm

err wuld appreciate a reply please someone :)

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Post by SebRad » Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:15 pm

Hi hugekebab, the video card is the biggest powere consumer in your proposed system. I believe the 7950gx2 is similar to the Radeon 1900XTX at 110-120w max load. I think I saw figures for 8800GTX of 130-140w, the GTS will be less. The CPU is rated by Intel at 65w, I think DVD-RWs get up to ~25w, the HDDs are ~10w each, say 20w for the mobo and another 10w for everything else. This gets us to 280w, well within the capacity of 400w and more importantly inside the max 12v capacity of ~350w as modern PC draw most (~90%) power from 12v line.
With heavy overclocking (particularly overvolting) you might start to get uncomfortably close. On the other hand there’s an article around on the net with someone running Quad core / 8800GTX SLI system on a 500w PSU so it likely my figures are higher than true load!
If you’ve already got the Nexus I’d give it a go, it’ll work but may not be over quiet under full load. If you need a new PSU I suggest a Seasonic (430w or more) or Corsair HX520W that was recently reviewed.
Seb

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Post by SnooP » Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:27 am

Should be fine. My psu calc specs it at under 400w even with overclocking, and theres plenty of 'headroom' in the calcs currently. May not be that quiet however, as suggested something like corsair or seasonic will do better as they maintain lower fan speeds at much higher loads (up to 300w compared to under 100w for nexus), so even when gaming a corsair or seasonic should be silent.

http://web.aanet.com.au/SnooP/psucalc.php

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Post by kentc » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:45 pm

i tried your calc aswell snoop, with the gtx, 1.4v to the cpu and generally counting high i came to 400w recommended good psu.

your psu-calc is the sh*t snoop!

reagrds, kent.

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Post by hugekebab » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:11 pm

ok thanks guys it pretty much confirmed my own thinking but i wanted a few opinions.

the corsair 520 is what im going to go for if there are any problems, looks like a lovely psu!

regards

sam

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