Help with Power Supply

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  1. Posts : 262
    MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
       #11

    not flaMING you but do you really need 6 tb? of storage,
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  2. Posts : 12,364
    8 Pro x64
       #12

    In the interim - have you made sure you've distributed the devices over the rails evenly?

    It has four 12v rails, but each only has a rating of 18amps. Overloading a particular rail will give you issues.


    An 850W isn't necessary for the devices you have listed, but I'd still opt for one in case you wish to upgrade your GPU / start overclocking etc down the track.

    Wattage isn't the most important number to consider however. A good quality PSU with a high AMPS is what you should be looking for.

    That TX 850W you linked to fit's the bill perfectly. The only downside is that it's not modular.

    freaky88 said:
    not flaMING you but do you really need 6 tb? of storage,
    Some people do - Full HD rips take up a lot of space
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  3. Posts : 2,606
    Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
       #13

    Adrian said:
    6TB of Hard drives and only 3 gigs of memory is odd!
    You will need at least 850 watts of powere.
    Are you serious?

    I checked the specs on the WD 1GB Caviar Black drive. 8.4W each during read/write operations. that's 50.4W for six, at maximum.

    I think that the Xigmatech unit would have plenty of margin even if the CPU is seriously overclocked, as long as "damdam" doesn't upgrade to a 300W graphics card (GTX480, Radeon HD3970).

    I see that he (/she/it) is going with 6GB of RAM, which is more like it.
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  4. Posts : 18
    win 7
    Thread Starter
       #14

    ok this is what i got on the 650w XigmaTek NRP-MC651
    and i did a stress test for 3H (Prime95) all good no error or power failure

    HAF 932 2x120mm fan 1x80mm fan
    cpu i7 920 OC:3.4
    win 7 64bit
    GA-EX58-UD3R
    Ram: 6gigs
    HD 5830
    TV Tuner Card
    2 x DVD player
    2x1TB Hitachi
    2x1TB WD Caviar Green in RAID 0
    2x1TB WD Caviar Green in RAID 0

    and this is the Power Supply i will be Purchasing this week Corsair HX Series 850 Watt they have it for 185$ i will get it for 144$ and this one is modular and the other one was not thx smarteyeball if u guys see any other good Power supply or better than the xs850 my local stores are Micro Center and Fry's no more then 180$ haha. i will need something around 850w because i will do some more upgrade in the future.
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