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600W PSU sufficient ?
Is the following power supply ... - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply sufficient for the components listed below? My components are the following ... 1) Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX (pre-R2.0 w/ 1394-FireWire) AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00539LU3E/...0_M3C_ST1_dp_2 2) CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX 3) Display Adapter: Sapphire 100315L Radeon HD 6850 Video Card - 1024MB, GDDR5, PCIe, mini-Display Port, HDMI, Dual DVI 4) RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 8 Dual Channel Kit 1866 (PC3 15000) BLT2CP4G3D1869DT1TX0 5) HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s 6) Optical Drives: 2 x DVD/CD-RW Combo, Lite-On Super AllWrite 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive (IHAS124-04) 7) USB: keyboard, mouse, scanner 8) PCI: Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 sound card 9) Fans: CPU, chassis, power |
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600W PSU sufficient ?
On 4/9/2014 at 5:11:20 PM Adam wrote:
Is the following power supply ... - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply sufficient for the components listed below? My components are the following ... 1) Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX (pre-R2.0 w/ 1394-FireWire) AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00539LU3E/...0_M3C_ST1_dp_2 2) CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX 3) Display Adapter: Sapphire 100315L Radeon HD 6850 Video Card - 1024MB, GDDR5, PCIe, mini-Display Port, HDMI, Dual DVI 4) RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 8 Dual Channel Kit 1866 (PC3 15000) BLT2CP4G3D1869DT1TX0 5) HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s 6) Optical Drives: 2 x DVD/CD-RW Combo, Lite-On Super AllWrite 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive (IHAS124-04) 7) USB: keyboard, mouse, scanner 8) PCI: Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 sound card 9) Fans: CPU, chassis, power Maybe this site can help you: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp -- tb |
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600W PSU sufficient ?
On Wed, 9 Apr 2014 15:11:20 -0700, "Adam" Gave us:
Is the following power supply ... - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply sufficient for the components listed below? My components are the following ... 1) Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX (pre-R2.0 w/ 1394-FireWire) AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00539LU3E/...0_M3C_ST1_dp_2 2) CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX 3) Display Adapter: Sapphire 100315L Radeon HD 6850 Video Card - 1024MB, GDDR5, PCIe, mini-Display Port, HDMI, Dual DVI 4) RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 8 Dual Channel Kit 1866 (PC3 15000) BLT2CP4G3D1869DT1TX0 5) HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s 6) Optical Drives: 2 x DVD/CD-RW Combo, Lite-On Super AllWrite 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive (IHAS124-04) 7) USB: keyboard, mouse, scanner 8) PCI: Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 sound card 9) Fans: CPU, chassis, power Are you not capable of adding up your consumption rates, and deciding for yourself? |
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600W PSU sufficient ?
DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno wrote:
On Wed, 9 Apr 2014 15:11:20 -0700, "Adam" Gave us: Is the following power supply ... - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply sufficient for the components listed below? My components are the following ... 1) Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX (pre-R2.0 w/ 1394-FireWire) AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00539LU3E/...0_M3C_ST1_dp_2 2) CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX 3) Display Adapter: Sapphire 100315L Radeon HD 6850 Video Card - 1024MB, GDDR5, PCIe, mini-Display Port, HDMI, Dual DVI 4) RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 8 Dual Channel Kit 1866 (PC3 15000) BLT2CP4G3D1869DT1TX0 5) HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s 6) Optical Drives: 2 x DVD/CD-RW Combo, Lite-On Super AllWrite 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive (IHAS124-04) 7) USB: keyboard, mouse, scanner 8) PCI: Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 sound card 9) Fans: CPU, chassis, power Are you not capable of adding up your consumption rates, and deciding for yourself? The track record on hand calculations, isn't all that good :-) Even some of the power estimation web pages, were off by a factor of two. ******* The best source for video card power, used to be Xbitlabs. But they've stopped doing the measurements, so are no longer my first source of info. The manufacturer values, makes things a bit complicated. http://www.gpureview.com/Radeon-HD-6850-card-636.html Max Power Draw: 127 W The estimate should end up being conservative in terms of picking a power supply. The card likely doesn't draw that much power. The rest will be easier to estimate. I allocate 50W for motherboard and RAM, but YMMV. 300W plus a few storage devices. Call the total about 350W or so. ******* Before buying an OCZ, some part of OCZ went bankrupt, and Toshiba bought the company name (wanted the SSD stuff). I don't really know what happened to warranty responsibility for remaining product lines like PSUs. That could be why the supply is available at a lower price. http://www.frozencpu.com/products/88...CZ600MXSP.html +5V @ 25A +12V1 @ 25A +12V2 @ 25A -12V @ 0.3A +3.3V @ 25A +5VSB @ 2.5A The combined 12V1/12V2 limit is 42 amps. The video card and CPU would be 250W (rough ballpark) or 21 amps. Plus the storage devices use a little bit of that. http://ocz.com/consumer/psu/modxstre...specifications It passes a quick smell test. The OCZ power supply section, is the previous PCPowerAndCooling company. A company that contracted out construction of supplies, but seemed to be on the ball when it came to not shipping a lot of crap. Lots of companies in the PSU industry contract out, but many of them are willing to ship shoddy goods to make a buck. PCPower was better than average (in terms of initial product quality, and also in terms of customer support). I don't know where the staff and skills will go now though. Paul |
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600W PSU sufficient ?
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"tb" wrote in message ... On 4/9/2014 at 5:11:20 PM Adam wrote: Is the following power supply ... - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply sufficient for the components listed below? My components are the following ... 1) Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX (pre-R2.0 w/ 1394-FireWire) AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00539LU3E/...0_M3C_ST1_dp_2 2) CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX 3) Display Adapter: Sapphire 100315L Radeon HD 6850 Video Card - 1024MB, GDDR5, PCIe, mini-Display Port, HDMI, Dual DVI 4) RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 8 Dual Channel Kit 1866 (PC3 15000) BLT2CP4G3D1869DT1TX0 5) HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s 6) Optical Drives: 2 x DVD/CD-RW Combo, Lite-On Super AllWrite 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive (IHAS124-04) 7) USB: keyboard, mouse 8) PCI: Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 sound card 9) Fans: CPU, chassis, power Maybe this site can help you: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp -- tb Thanks, the eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite came up with something quite different from Asus' Power Supply Wattage Calculator... http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyC...Language=en-us eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite: 446W Asus' Power Supply Wattage Calculator: 600W Okay, which one should I believe? :-) The last time I tried the Asus one, it had a "resolution" of 50W. When the Asus calculator ran, it rounded to the nearest 50W. That's why your "600W" number is so round. You can add an extra 5W electrical load, and the final number goes up by 50W (due to the rounding). The eXtreme one is still a bit high, but it's giving you the go-ahead to buy the 600W supply. In terms of "getting good" at calculating these things, you can use a clamp-on DC ammeter to validate your estimates. I own such a meter here. It uses a Hall probe, and no wires have to be cut to use it. Some of my "round numbers" come from using that thing. My only problem, is I no longer buy motherboards, so have no recent information to share. As an example, an optical drive (CD/DVD burner) has a name plate rating of 12V @ 1.5A. Yet, if I stick a CD in the tray, and run the spindle motor at high speed, the clamp-on meter reads 1.0 amps. If it was a BlueRay drive, it might be slightly higher. (At least, the BlueRay nameplate value is higher, for what that's worth.) ******* The cheapest "fun" you can have, is spend $20 or so on a Kill-O-Watt meter. Build up your computer, using the 600W supply. Then use the Kill-O-Watt to measure the actual power. You'll find it will be less than the 446W from eXtreme, and less than the number I came up with. When measuring the power, you want a 3D game running on the computer screen, plus perhaps one copy of Prime95 running. Depending on where you're measuring, you are also making a measurement of the "inefficiency" of the switching power converters. The power supply contains a switching power converter (85% efficient). The VCore around the CPU socket, might be 85 to 90% efficient. When measuring with the Kill-O-Watt, a 125W processor might end up using 125W/(0.85*0.85) just to give some idea what impact the various conversions are having. The value at the wall, will be higher than the PSU rating (it takes 600W/0.85 at the wall or 705W at the wall, to make 600W inside the computer). As long as you're careful about how you interpret the Kill-O-Watt result, the Kill-O-Watt makes a no muss no fuss way of gaining some actual feedback, about how bad your system is on power. The power will be a lot higher while gaming, whereas it could be 100W at idle. http://www.amazon.com/P3-Internation.../dp/B000RGF29Q That's for people who want some amount of actual info about their computer build, but without the usage of "wires" or "probes". And one of those for $20 or $25, is a lot less than a clamp-on DC ammeter. This is the style of clamp-on DC meter I got a number of years ago. http://www.amazon.com/Extech-380941-.../dp/B00023RU0I http://ec1.images-amazon.com/media/i...L000058028.pdf I use the 40.00 Amp DC full scale range on that meter, for usage inside a computer case. You grab a bundle of similar colored wires on the main ATX cable, stick them inside the jaws of the meter, and the meter "sums" the current in the wires and reads it out. The 3.3V and 5V rails use multiple wires, and you just stick all the wires within the jaws to get the total value in one measurement. I can tell instantly how much CPU VCore is using, just by putting the jaws around the two yellow wires on ATX12V 2x2 connector. Then, I have to correct the reading, for the 85-90% efficiency of the VCore conversion, to conclude the power the CPU is using. As measuring the yellow wires, also includes the heat wasted on the VCore components. Paul |
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600W PSU sufficient ?
DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno wrote:
It is simple addition, not "a calculation" (inferring complexity). Well, never mind then. Paul |
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600W PSU sufficient ?
"tb" wrote in message ... On 4/9/2014 at 5:11:20 PM Adam wrote: Is the following power supply ... - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply sufficient for the components listed below? My components are the following ... 1) Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX (pre-R2.0 w/ 1394-FireWire) AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00539LU3E/...0_M3C_ST1_dp_2 2) CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX 3) Display Adapter: Sapphire 100315L Radeon HD 6850 Video Card - 1024MB, GDDR5, PCIe, mini-Display Port, HDMI, Dual DVI 4) RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 8 Dual Channel Kit 1866 (PC3 15000) BLT2CP4G3D1869DT1TX0 5) HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s 6) Optical Drives: 2 x DVD/CD-RW Combo, Lite-On Super AllWrite 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive (IHAS124-04) 7) USB: keyboard, mouse 8) PCI: Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 sound card 9) Fans: CPU, chassis, power Maybe this site can help you: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp -- tb Thanks, the eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite came up with something quite different from Asus' Power Supply Wattage Calculator... http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyC...Language=en-us eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite: 446W Asus' Power Supply Wattage Calculator: 600W Okay, which one should I believe? :-) |
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600W PSU sufficient ?
"DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno" wrote in message ... On Wed, 9 Apr 2014 15:11:20 -0700, "Adam" Gave us: Is the following power supply ... - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply sufficient for the components listed below? My components are the following ... 1) Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX (pre-R2.0 w/ 1394-FireWire) AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00539LU3E/...0_M3C_ST1_dp_2 2) CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX 3) Display Adapter: Sapphire 100315L Radeon HD 6850 Video Card - 1024MB, GDDR5, PCIe, mini-Display Port, HDMI, Dual DVI 4) RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 8 Dual Channel Kit 1866 (PC3 15000) BLT2CP4G3D1869DT1TX0 5) HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s 6) Optical Drives: 2 x DVD/CD-RW Combo, Lite-On Super AllWrite 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive (IHAS124-04) 7) USB: keyboard, mouse, scanner 8) PCI: Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 sound card 9) Fans: CPU, chassis, power Are you not capable of adding up your consumption rates, and deciding for yourself? Sorry, I don't know how, which is why I am asking. |
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On Wed, 09 Apr 2014 22:44:04 -0400, Paul Gave us:
DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno wrote: On Wed, 9 Apr 2014 15:11:20 -0700, "Adam" Gave us: Is the following power supply ... - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply sufficient for the components listed below? My components are the following ... 1) Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX (pre-R2.0 w/ 1394-FireWire) AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00539LU3E/...0_M3C_ST1_dp_2 2) CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX 3) Display Adapter: Sapphire 100315L Radeon HD 6850 Video Card - 1024MB, GDDR5, PCIe, mini-Display Port, HDMI, Dual DVI 4) RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 8 Dual Channel Kit 1866 (PC3 15000) BLT2CP4G3D1869DT1TX0 5) HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s 6) Optical Drives: 2 x DVD/CD-RW Combo, Lite-On Super AllWrite 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive (IHAS124-04) 7) USB: keyboard, mouse, scanner 8) PCI: Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 sound card 9) Fans: CPU, chassis, power Are you not capable of adding up your consumption rates, and deciding for yourself? The track record on hand calculations, isn't all that good :-) It is simple addition, not "a calculation" (inferring complexity). The elements ALL have consumption declarations. Even some of the power estimation web pages, were off by a factor of two. No need to estimate. A product does not get a CE cert without such a declaration, so they ALL have it. ******* The best source for video card power, used to be Xbitlabs. But they've stopped doing the measurements, so are no longer my first source of info. Hard to trust their "measurement" method as well. Especially if it is not clearly defined. And no, watching the AC consumption jump does not suffice. The manufacturer values, makes things a bit complicated. You must not know much about electronics. All the declarations for all the devices are correct. The power supply itself is the ne device that does NOT consume what it is rated at UNLESS it is fully loaded. Not very complicated at all. snip Sorry... I do not do ATI CRAP. Max Power Draw: 127 W The estimate should end up being conservative in terms of picking a power supply. The card likely doesn't draw that much power. You are not very bright. It very likely does, and "at idle" (if a video card could ever be such), it very likely consumes a good 85% of that full bore number. The rest will be easier to estimate. Again... there is NO NEED to estimate anything I allocate 50W for motherboard and RAM, Not too bright. The cpu alone declares 125W. but YMMV. 300W plus a few storage devices. Call the total about 350W or so. AND the power supply one fires such a load with should be nearly twice that in capacity. snip unrelated crap. +5V @ 25A +12V1 @ 25A +12V2 @ 25A -12V @ 0.3A +3.3V @ 25A +5VSB @ 2.5A The combined 12V1/12V2 limit is 42 amps. The video card and CPU would be 250W (rough ballpark) or 21 amps. Plus the storage devices use a little bit of that. All considering correct guesstimation AND maths. I have doubts on each ability, and the results thereof. http://ocz.com/consumer/psu/modxstre...specifications It passes a quick smell test. A completely retarded crack. Modern RoHS lead free PCBs are soldered up HOTTER than the old 63/37 process. They typically have 'burnt' smells associated with them, right off the line. That is before they ever even get any power. The OCZ power supply section, is the previous PCPowerAndCooling company. A company that contracted out construction of supplies, but seemed to be on the ball when it came to not shipping a lot of crap. Lots of companies in the PSU industry contract out, but many of them are willing to ship shoddy goods to make a buck. PCPower was better than average (in terms of initial product quality, and also in terms of customer support). I don't know where the staff and skills will go now though. EVGA are the masters. I do not expect an ATI dope to believe it though. Too much retarded cross-posting by the OP or others in this thread too. |
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600W PSU sufficient ?
"Paul" wrote in message ... DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno wrote: Are you not capable of adding up your consumption rates, and deciding for yourself? The track record on hand calculations, isn't all that good :-) Even some of the power estimation web pages, were off by a factor of two. ******* The best source for video card power, used to be Xbitlabs. But they've stopped doing the measurements, so are no longer my first source of info. The manufacturer values, makes things a bit complicated. http://www.gpureview.com/Radeon-HD-6850-card-636.html Max Power Draw: 127 W The estimate should end up being conservative in terms of picking a power supply. The card likely doesn't draw that much power. The rest will be easier to estimate. I allocate 50W for motherboard and RAM, but YMMV. 300W plus a few storage devices. Call the total about 350W or so. ******* Before buying an OCZ, some part of OCZ went bankrupt, and Toshiba bought the company name (wanted the SSD stuff). I don't really know what happened to warranty responsibility for remaining product lines like PSUs. That could be why the supply is available at a lower price. http://www.frozencpu.com/products/88...CZ600MXSP.html +5V @ 25A +12V1 @ 25A +12V2 @ 25A -12V @ 0.3A +3.3V @ 25A +5VSB @ 2.5A The combined 12V1/12V2 limit is 42 amps. The video card and CPU would be 250W (rough ballpark) or 21 amps. Plus the storage devices use a little bit of that. http://ocz.com/consumer/psu/modxstre...specifications It passes a quick smell test. The OCZ power supply section, is the previous PCPowerAndCooling company. A company that contracted out construction of supplies, but seemed to be on the ball when it came to not shipping a lot of crap. Lots of companies in the PSU industry contract out, but many of them are willing to ship shoddy goods to make a buck. PCPower was better than average (in terms of initial product quality, and also in terms of customer support). I don't know where the staff and skills will go now though. Paul Thanks (Guru Paul), my PSU was purchased (around June 2012) before Toshiba's acquisition of OCZ (around December 2013). So, hopefully, the PSU is of good quality. |
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