700 Watts PSU question

[rph]

Hello

I would like to know wether a 700 Watts (thermaltake) PSU is enough for the following setup:

Asus Rampage Motherboard
Intel QX9650 CPU (3.0GHz Extreme Edition 12mb cache)
2 x 2Gb DDr2 Memory
1x ATI Radeon 3870 X2
1xSeagate 1TB HDD
1xDVD/CD

Thank you.

 

[rennyf77]

quality is more important than maximum wattage. that psu is more than enough if its the toughpower series.

 

[rph]

and if it's not tough power series ?

 

[rennyf77]

there are plenty of psu's that claim large maximum wattages but still kill components due to being poorly engineered and generating dirty power (inexplicable power lows).

 

[Dangman]

and if it's not tough power series ?

Well are you asking whether or not a Thermaltake 700W PSU is good enough for your system? Or are you asking if a 700W PSU is good enough for your system?

And AFAIK, all of Thermaltake's 700W PSUs are Toughpowers. So if you have or plan on getting a Toughpower, you're set. Besides the Toughpowers, Thermaltake's Purepower RX line of PSUs are pretty good.

A good quality 700W PSU from an excellent PSU company (Corsair, PC P&C, Seasonic, Thermaltake Toughpower, Enhance, etc) more than enough for your system.

 

[w@termelon]

it'll power it with more than enough room to spare!
personally i would go with a different brand however, as my toughpower 750 watt is a tad on the noisy side, but other than that, works great!