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Recommended power level?

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vagabond142

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Hey all,

I recently upgraded to an Asus P5Q-E running a C2D Wolfdale E8400 @ Stock 3.0ghz, with a HIS Radeon 4870 512 as the GPU.

I do NOT plan on overclocking any part of my system (I know, what am I doing on these forums then! >.<), but I do plan on adding a second 4870 512 to the mix, as well as reducing my 4 drives (80, 250x2, 320) down to three (Raptor 72gb control, Seagate 2x 1TB storage, all SATA in IDE mode). I've read that power draw on two 4870's can be a nasty lil bugger, so I was wondering what the recommendation for a good PSU would be? I will be installing these components into a new case, either an Antec 900, Antec 1200, or a CM Cosmos 1000.

Right now I have a OCZ 600w GameXStream PSU. I am thinking that I will need at the least a 750w PSU, but I am also considering the 1k units just to have that extra headroom. Budget for the PSU caps at $350 CDN (will consider $CDN and $US to be 1:1 for the purpose of this thread)
 
I should also mention that I am running 8GB of OCZ Platinum DDR2-800 memory, but that will likely get upped to Kingston HyperX or OCZ Gold memory in the near future, at DDR2-1066
 
That GameXStream PSU will be enough for HD4870X2 Crossfire as well as the 3 drives you're planning on plus an overclocked E8400 (which I'm guessing you will be doing if you're planning on getting that DDR2 1066 RAM. Otherwise, no point in getting that fast of a RAM)
 
Danny Bui said:
That GameXStream PSU will be enough for HD4870X2 Crossfire as well as the 3 drives you're planning on plus an overclocked E8400 (which I'm guessing you will be doing if you're planning on getting that DDR2 1066 RAM. Otherwise, no point in getting that fast of a RAM)
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QFT. No need to upgrade whatsoever, that system will be a walk in the park for a quality 600W unit.
 
Okay... I just did not want to overload my PSU (which has been rock solid stable) and potentially cause problems :)
 
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