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continous/maximum power

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Going to make a smallish upgrade of my computer and a bit questioning about psu ratings.

Using the wattage calculator on antecs homepage it gives me a estimated wattage of about 380w. However this is continous power. Currently I have a neoHE 550 which at glance would handle it well. But since 550w is the maximum power I'm wondering what is the continous power from it. This since I seriously doubt the psu can handle 550w continously (of course I'm not going to run 24/7 but I'd like to be sure)

The new specs will most likely be:
c2d e6400 (will try some moderate overclocking on it as well)
4Gb corsair pc5400 ram
2xsata drives
8800gt
1xdvd burner
and a sound card.
 
Actually, your power supply CAN handle 550W continuously, so 550W max is no problem.

Besides, the power calc over estimates. You can run your PC off a good 500W till the cows come home.
 
Thanks :)
Means a PSU upgrade can wait for a while then.
 
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