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Enough Power??

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USMCGrunt

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Im using a BFGTech 1000w EX series PSU and was wondering if it will be able to handle the following system:

ASUS AM3 mobo
Phenom II 965 125w
x2 Radeon 5870
x4 2gig sticks of 1066 DDR3 RAM
60GB SSD Drive
640GB SATA3 HDD
LG Bluray Player/DVD burner
Corsair H-50 CPU water cooler
x2 190mm Case fans

Also, given the speculated power requirements for the Fermi, would it run x2 470s in place of the 5870s?
 
if it could run 4 vid cards along with all that other stuff then why are there even larger PSUs?? Who needs 1200 or even 1600 watts of power...what could possible use that much power? (leave the Fermi jokes on the sidelines lol)
 
USMCGrunt said:
if it could run 4 vid cards along with all that other stuff then why are there even larger PSUs?? Who needs 1200 or even 1600 watts of power...what could possible use that much power? (leave the Fermi jokes on the sidelines lol)
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The fact is that most of those larger PSUs are unneeded. However, there are situations where that much power is required, like PCs with very large amounts of HDs, folding rigs with many GPUs, etc. But for the vast majority of people, a 500-750W PSU would power their rigs fine.
 
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