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 Posted: Fri, 7th Dec 2012 00:31 Post subject: 330Watt PSU? |
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My friends looking at a system and the specs were -
Intel i7
8GB Ram
Geforce GTX550 1gb gfx card
2tb Hard Drive
But the PSU was only 330watt..... Does that not seem a little low wattage??
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Dec 2012 03:36 Post subject: |
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You'd be surprised how little power most systems actually draw and people exaggerate the hell out of how much of a PSU they actually need. Theoretically that system is only drawing roughly 300 watts of power on those 4 things alone not including other USB devices etc.
He'd be cutting it close, very close, but if it's a quality PSU and not some shit brand, and not OC'ing, he'd probably be fine. Shit brand though, he'll have some issues.
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Dec 2012 19:20 Post subject: |
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I think its an Alienware machine but cant see what brand PSU it uses
I always thought people go for PSU's like 750 - 1000 Watt now
Or is that mainly only if your running something like an AMD Machine with 2x GFX Cards
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Dec 2012 19:27 Post subject: |
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Yeah, anything above 750W is overkill, even in many cases with SLI/CF.
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Dec 2012 19:29 Post subject: |
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Should be enough..those specs are not too demanding. Im running 650W, but running SLI 460's and 5 hard drives. No issues with my rig. If you plan on adding more drives, than I would upgrade PSU
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Dec 2012 19:35 Post subject: |
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Actually The specs are -
210-38905 Alienware X51 : Matte Stealth Black Chassis
213-14948 Processor : Intel Core i7-2600 (3.40GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 4C)
340-27753 Resource DVD : Alienware X51
370-22001 Memory : 8GB (2x4GB) 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory
400-24143 Hard Drive : 1TB Serial ATA (7,200 rpm)
429-16222 Optical Drive : DVD+/-RW (Read/Write)
450-17828 Power Supply : Alienware 330W AC Adapter
490-13340 Graphics : 1GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555
Will this rig be good enough for mainly High Def video editing from a Go Pro camera? Thats what the main use is going to be
Is the GTX555 an ok card?
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Dec 2012 19:43 Post subject: |
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I will tell my experience. I got 600w corsair gs psu for my i5 and 7870 gpu.
The fan on this thing don't even spin, because the power draw is so low
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Dec 2012 20:25 Post subject: |
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It's cutting it very close since 1) a power source is never 100% efficient, 2) depending on the brand the wattage given can mean different things, 3) at load that system sjhould require 300+ watts.
| KillerCrocker wrote: | | The fan on this thing don't even spin, because the power draw is so low |
The fan will spin when it's hot, not when it draws power.
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Dec 2012 20:27 Post subject: |
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but it's hot when it draws more power so...
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Dec 2012 20:31 Post subject: |
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Unless it's a very inefficient PSU, the case temp and airflow should be more important.
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Dec 2012 21:52 Post subject: |
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But will the GTX555 be good enough for video editing HD videos? he doesnt want it for gaming really just his Go Pro HD Videos of when hes been out on the track on his Bike / Car or offroading on dirtbike
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Dec 2012 22:15 Post subject: |
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| Steve-O 2004 wrote: | | But will the GTX555 be good enough for video editing HD videos? he doesnt want it for gaming really just his Go Pro HD Videos of when hes been out on the track on his Bike / Car or offroading on dirtbike |
Yes it will do the job. Its the processor which will do the job (in this case its i7 which is perfect for editing).
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Also that 330W is external laptop PSU which is used in Alienware SLI laptops (dunno about the quality, but it will do the job).
