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krj15489
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_ 		25. April 2008 @ 21:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have a corsair 450vx and with the dropping prices of the q6600 i was wondering if my psu could handle it. i did a little research and found this power consumption chart the system they used had a gtx and a qaud core and they were using less than 400w. is this accurate?

http://techreport.com/articles.x/14573/15
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mikeh0303
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_ 		25. April 2008 @ 22:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
it is very likely that your PSU would have no trouble with the Quad Core CPU... however what else do you have in your computer that is taking up power?
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krj15489
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_ 		25. April 2008 @ 23:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
three hard drives a dvd drive an 8800gt five case fans and a wireless card.
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GAMING COMPUTER - Intel q9550 @ 3.4ghz | EVGA GTX 260 core 216 | Gigabyte ds3l | 6gb Gskill DDR2 800 ram | Silverstone 700 watt psu | WD 640gb hdd | Seagate 300gb hdd | LG dvd burner | Samsung dvd burner | Antec p182 case | logitech 2.1 speakers | logitech g11 keyboard | Samsung 25.5in 1900x1200 monitor | 19in 1440x900 secondary monitor | Windows 7 64bit | SERVER - Gigabyte 785g motherboard | AMD Phenom 9650 | 6gb ram | three 1.5tb hdd | Seagate 1tb hdd | WD 750gb hdd | two 300gb hdd | Maxtor 200gb hdd | Ark rackmount case | CentOS 5.5
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mikeh0303
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_ 		25. April 2008 @ 23:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That sounds like a bit much for just a 400 watt psu...

try this power supply calculator (just add in your system details)

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

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sammorris
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_ 		26. April 2008 @ 08:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The VX 450W will be able to handle that. It may get a bit warm but it'll get the job done. If you want to overclock the CPU, however, and that's certainly something to consider, you may want to consider a 550W VX or better yet 650W TX.
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krj15489
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_ 		26. April 2008 @ 12:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanks guys. i checked out the power calculator and with a stock q6600 at load it doesn't get anywhere near 450 but when overclocking it get really close. so i will buy a new psu before i get a quad.
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GAMING COMPUTER - Intel q9550 @ 3.4ghz | EVGA GTX 260 core 216 | Gigabyte ds3l | 6gb Gskill DDR2 800 ram | Silverstone 700 watt psu | WD 640gb hdd | Seagate 300gb hdd | LG dvd burner | Samsung dvd burner | Antec p182 case | logitech 2.1 speakers | logitech g11 keyboard | Samsung 25.5in 1900x1200 monitor | 19in 1440x900 secondary monitor | Windows 7 64bit | SERVER - Gigabyte 785g motherboard | AMD Phenom 9650 | 6gb ram | three 1.5tb hdd | Seagate 1tb hdd | WD 750gb hdd | two 300gb hdd | Maxtor 200gb hdd | Ark rackmount case | CentOS 5.5
Steam name = "krj15489" alias = Jordan-k
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sammorris
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_ 		26. April 2008 @ 13:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
In general the outervision power supply calculator is over-zealous, but it is a useful measurement as you shouldn't really be using more than 70% of your PSU's maximum capacity for lengthy periods of time.
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