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Is a 500 Watt power supply enough for an OCed gaming rig?
I'm putting together a gaming rig based on THG's Intel 805 D 4.1 GHz overclocking article (can be found at Tom's Hardware Guide "Can it be true? A 4.1 GHz processor for $130?" ) and I'm stuck with a 500 Watt Dynex (bleh) PSU. I have 2 SLIed nVidia 7600 GT graphics cards. My question is, how much of a load increase is there between a single 7600 GT card and two 7600 GT cards? I'm sure it's not a linear relationship, or is it?
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- heinleinLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
A quality 500 watt PSU should be sufficient depending on your system; but a 500 Watt Dynex (bleh) sounds to me like you answered your own question. If you're going to upgrade I would probably pick the Seasonic S12-600.
- 1 decade ago
That would depend on the load that the cards are taking on. If I was doing SLI I would want a 600W PSU. Also, would depend on how many HD, CD, DVD, RAM, fans. All that good stuff adds up. I am sure that if you are over clocking to 4.1 GHz that you are not using stock cooling so add that as well.
- Rowdy answersLv 61 decade ago
500 watts should be enough to run all that but bigger is always better. Watch your temperature settings. Good luck!
Source(s): eXPerience - dzr0001Lv 51 decade ago
if you can afford those video cards, you can afford a decent power supply. thats too mcuh for 500w get a 1kw.
