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Old March 7, 2010, 08:11 PM
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Exclamation Am i pushing my power supply's limit?

Wondering i am pushing my PSU's limits.

My rig is the following:

Intel i7 860 @ 4.25ghz
Gigabyte P55-UD4P
Coolermaster V8 (replaced fan with yate loon for more cfm and lower dba)
G. Skill DDR3 1600mhz RAM 2x2GB @ 1.5v
eVGA GTX295 CO-OP FTW Overclocked
HAF922 w/ 3x 120mm and 2x 200mm LED
2x red led tubes (12in)
2x 640gb Caviar Black in RAID 0
Samsung DVDRW
ASUS Sound card
DLink wireless PCI adapter
Going to add: 1x 32-64gb SSD for Windows

Antec Truepower New 650w (Link: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...1&limitstart=1)
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Old March 7, 2010, 08:24 PM
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Nope.
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Old March 7, 2010, 09:25 PM
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Thanks :)
When will i need a new powersupply?
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when adding another video card. which i doubt you need to do anytime soon with a 295
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Thanks :)
When will i need a new powersupply?
Whenever you put together a system that needs more power than your current one can provide.
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Old March 8, 2010, 02:57 AM
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How much extra watts do i have? If that makes sense.
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As a rough estimate, I'd say at least 250W.
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Old March 8, 2010, 08:56 PM
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Assuming the system to be at load, I'd say it would use up about 500W leaving you with 150W. No need to change the PSU yet.
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Old March 8, 2010, 09:05 PM
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yah you should be good if you add another 295 id go for a 750w-850w
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keep it within spec and you should be fine. only beef i have with some antec units is, even tough i love the quiet operation, the darn fan wont ever spin up to where it should even when under uber load. the result is that if you keep pushing the above and it doesnt ramp up enough, life expectancy will be shortened by a bit.
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