I recently built a new computer but I'm wondering if my old 600 Watt PSU is enough. I bought the PSU at CompUSA Before it went into the craphole a year ago.
Stats:
Intel Q6600 Quad Core OC - 3GHZ
2 Gigs of OCZ Ram DDR2 6400
1 SATA Hard Drive
1 SATA DVD Burner
5 80 mm Fans
1 ThermalTake Fan (CPU Fan)
PSU has 2 Fans built in.
I'm just wondering because when I first started the Computer, The lights blinked and wouldn't start. I had to push the power button again. This happened a few times but it doesnt happen anymore. It's been 1.5 weeks and it seems to run fine.
Now if my 600 Watt PSU is enough, I just bought a MSI Geforce 9600GT which apparently comes with a power pin I have to connect to my PSU. Would this tip my current rig over the edge?
I'd bin it, AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
A decent 600W unit is ample, but that's not a decent 600W. Get something like a Corsair HX 620W as a replacement.
DO NOT ATTACH YOUR NEW GRAPHICS CARD BEFORE REPLACING THE POWER SUPPLY.
I can certainly vouch for the Corsair HX 620W; mine's running 5 SATA hard drives and 3 optical drives a treat (Q6600 here too but not overclocked) plus various fans and the monstrous Zalman CNPS 9700 Cooler; i don't do PC gaming anymore so my vid card is a cheapie
heh, I did some testing and all the fans in the Antec 900 and a Zalman CNPS7000 running at full speed use about 16W, so not a huge amount. The funny bit is that 8 of those watts are the 200mm fan at the top!
I just bought a PSU today. It should come next week. Let me know if this one is good. The corsair one was a bit too high in price but this OCZ one got very good reviews.
