Needed Wattage for Computer
January 20th, 2020
Abit KN9-SLI Mobo
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
4GB DDR2 PC6400
1x WD 500GB HD
1x SeaGate 160GB HD
Maybe 1-2 dvd burner drives?
Geforce 8800 GT
My 24″ LCD monitor
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Im wondering what sort of wattage usage am I looking at?
with the 8800gt a minimum 400 watt power supply is needed, i suggest as high as your budget can go though, leaves room for improvement later on and security of enough extra wattage so it doesn’t bow
with the 8800gt a minimum 400 watt power supply is needed, i suggest as high as your budget can go though, leaves room for improvement later on and security of enough extra wattage so it doesn't bow
True, you should get a PSU which over compensates for your needs. However you should realise the bigger wattage, the bigger your electricity bill is going to be – regardless of its usage
I’d say add a antec earthwatts 500 to it or an corsair 520hx. Also are you sure about those components. You wanna go for AMD instead of Intel at this point of time ?
szimonz wrote: Select all
True, you should get a PSU which over compensates for your needs. However you should realise the bigger wattage, the bigger your electricity bill is going to be – regardless of its usage
Realise that you are wrong.
OP, I’d get a 520W Corsair for use with that system. It’s not all about wattage, but also how many amps the PSU can handle at 12V. And yeah, if you’ve not bought that system yet, I’d seriously be looking at C2D.
Answer #5
Wow, I go way over, I have a lot less than that (with a Radeon 3870 HD) and I have a 750 watt. But for some reason my hard drives are failing, probably from power loss. Anybody have an idea?
Me personally, I would go with a 650 watt, just to make sure. You wouldn’t want to buy all the parts and not be able to use them if you had too less of power.
Answer #6
You do NOT need 650W.
Answer #7
i would recommend something higher
Answer #8
About 500-520 Watts should be enough for a configuration such as the one you stated. Going higher than that is not needed at all. Good luck mate ^_^
Answer #9
Thanks everyone! Its nice to get many opinions on the matter. Ill probably grab a 550-600W PS.
Well I’ve only stuck with AMD for awhile since Ive always remember being told they’re better for gaming and are usually a bit cheaper. I heard that AMD + Nvidia, and Intel + ATI is the usual best combination. I may switch to Intel if you guys know a good intel-based mobo and about same budget CPU, but I got to know its gonna be a better CPU. Thing nowadays is its all about the benchmark tests and specifications dont seem to do much for the public :-p
Answer #10
Then you clearly enjoy wasting money.
Answer #11
can be useful…………
Answer #12
True, you should get a PSU which over compensates for your needs. However you should realise the bigger wattage, the bigger your electricity bill is going to be – regardless of its usage Realise that you are wrong.
OP, I’d get a 520W Corsair for use with that system. It’s not all about wattage, but also how many amps the PSU can handle at 12V. And yeah, if you’ve not bought that system yet, I’d seriously be looking at C2D.
Wow, I go way over, I have a lot less than that (with a Radeon 3870 HD) and I have a 750 watt. But for some reason my hard drives are failing, probably from power loss. Anybody have an idea?
Me personally, I would go with a 650 watt, just to make sure. You wouldn’t want to buy all the parts and not be able to use them if you had too less of power.
You do NOT need 650W.
i would recommend something higher
About 500-520 Watts should be enough for a configuration such as the one you stated. Going higher than that is not needed at all. Good luck mate ^_^
Thanks everyone! Its nice to get many opinions on the matter. Ill probably grab a 550-600W PS.
Also are you sure about those components. You wanna go for AMD instead of Intel at this point of time ?Well I’ve only stuck with AMD for awhile since Ive always remember being told they’re better for gaming and are usually a bit cheaper. I heard that AMD + Nvidia, and Intel + ATI is the usual best combination. I may switch to Intel if you guys know a good intel-based mobo and about same budget CPU, but I got to know its gonna be a better CPU. Thing nowadays is its all about the benchmark tests and specifications dont seem to do much for the public :-p
i would recommend something higherThen you clearly enjoy wasting money.
http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/computers.htmlcan be useful…………
chris78 wrote: Select all
can be useful…………
Interesting site but it doesn’t adequately answer the question at hand… in fact it might be very misleading to the original poster.
As stated this is absolutely incorrect. The wattage of your power supply is a Maximum rating of the power you should use with it. It isn’t what will be used. You won’t use much (if any) more power on the same computer by swapping out the power supply with a larger one.
I agree with most of the people that suggest that you use a power supply between 500 to 550 although if you are tight for money your 460 should work fine.
Answer #13
Switching power supplies only use the electric which is drawn from them so having a larger PSU does not necessarily mean a higher electric bill.
What you are thinking about by suggesting larger PSU= higher electric bill is a linear power supply (former) which is an entirely different thing. For lower electric bill just find the highest efficiency PSU you can find as they do vary quite a bit when I was searching for one. I certainly do not like wasting electric and like everything as efficient as possible.
The question is:
If you build a new PC in 12/24 months time will the PSU you buy now be able to power it? Or do you like the idea of spending more money on something that could of been planned for and taken into account now?
Upgrades at a later date will require more power, especially the power monsters called high end graphics cards or multiples of them.
So plan carefully so it fulfils usage now and in the future to avoid having to replace it.
Answer #14
I forget the times when a 400W Generic power supply was enough for a med-high computer.. good times
Well, i think you’ll need a 550W+ PSU there, maybe a Huntkey?
I think with a 500W running with that 8800GT and 2 DVD Burners running, it wouldn’t supply sufficient power to keep the machine running straight, so if you’re playing a game while copying two DVD’s ( wich i think you wont do coz most of the ppl dont even use the pc while copying/writing something from/to DVD ) you’ll have a power fail and the machine may turn off or black out, on some cases ( that happened with me ) the machine will lock up, the monitor will lose signal and PS2 Devices will be shut, you’ll be able to hear the speaker locked up if there’s any sound playing on the back.
Anyway with that processor and videocard, i think you must forget about 500W PSU and think about higher wattage models.
And about that hard-drives failing, it could be the connectors, check if they’re properly fastened in the HD and not loose, if you think it’s power leak, check on BIOS about 12V and -12V, if 12V is lower than 10V, that’s the problem. -12V idk well, here is 0,23V, Kinda weird
C2D is better than the AX2, only if you got the cash, if not go straight to the AX2, good cost x benefit. Dont forget about cooling dude, this machine will need LOT of cooling.
Lol that machine would hit 6k here at Brazil i think, without the energy bill cost
http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/computers.htmlcan be useful…………
Interesting site but it doesn’t adequately answer the question at hand… in fact it might be very misleading to the original poster.
However you should realise the bigger wattage, the bigger your electricity bill is going to be - regardless of its usage As stated this is absolutely incorrect. The wattage of your power supply is a Maximum rating of the power you should use with it. It isn’t what will be used. You won’t use much (if any) more power on the same computer by swapping out the power supply with a larger one.
I agree with most of the people that suggest that you use a power supply between 500 to 550 although if you are tight for money your 460 should work fine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched-mode_power_supplySwitching power supplies only use the electric which is drawn from them so having a larger PSU does not necessarily mean a higher electric bill.
What you are thinking about by suggesting larger PSU= higher electric bill is a linear power supply (former) which is an entirely different thing. For lower electric bill just find the highest efficiency PSU you can find as they do vary quite a bit when I was searching for one. I certainly do not like wasting electric and like everything as efficient as possible.
The question is:
If you build a new PC in 12/24 months time will the PSU you buy now be able to power it? Or do you like the idea of spending more money on something that could of been planned for and taken into account now?
Upgrades at a later date will require more power, especially the power monsters called high end graphics cards or multiples of them.
So plan carefully so it fulfils usage now and in the future to avoid having to replace it.
I forget the times when a 400W Generic power supply was enough for a med-high computer.. good times
Well, i think you’ll need a 550W+ PSU there, maybe a Huntkey?
I think with a 500W running with that 8800GT and 2 DVD Burners running, it wouldn’t supply sufficient power to keep the machine running straight, so if you’re playing a game while copying two DVD’s ( wich i think you wont do coz most of the ppl dont even use the pc while copying/writing something from/to DVD ) you’ll have a power fail and the machine may turn off or black out, on some cases ( that happened with me ) the machine will lock up, the monitor will lose signal and PS2 Devices will be shut, you’ll be able to hear the speaker locked up if there’s any sound playing on the back.
Anyway with that processor and videocard, i think you must forget about 500W PSU and think about higher wattage models.
And about that hard-drives failing, it could be the connectors, check if they’re properly fastened in the HD and not loose, if you think it’s power leak, check on BIOS about 12V and -12V, if 12V is lower than 10V, that’s the problem. -12V idk well, here is 0,23V, Kinda weird
C2D is better than the AX2, only if you got the cash, if not go straight to the AX2, good cost x benefit. Dont forget about cooling dude, this machine will need LOT of cooling.
Lol that machine would hit 6k here at Brazil i think, without the energy bill cost
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