550 watt kingwin

Arbiter Odie · Sep 1, 2011

I'm trying to get my main computer running again, and could use some advice about power supplies.

I originally chose the 550 watt lazer platinum because of the ripple suppression. Is 550 watts going to be enough for this system?

Sempron 140
8 gigabytes Gskill ripjaws 1600 mhz 9-9-9-24
nvidia gt 430
vertex 2 ssd 60 gigabytes

Thank you in advance!

MattNo5ss · Sep 1, 2011

Oh yeah, it's plenty and way overkill :thup:

I thought of this when I typed that...

Jmtyra · Sep 1, 2011

LOL @ the kool-aid pic, bonus points and all that.

PanteraGSTK · Sep 2, 2011

Arbiter Odie · Sep 2, 2011

Heh, thanks for the answer (and the kool-aid).

I forgot to mention the motherboard: Crosshair V. That won't make a difference, will it?

theflyingrat · Sep 6, 2011

Geez... you could run a Sempron 140 even heavily overclocked and a GT 430 on less than 200W. 550W is silly overkill for that type of low loading. The motherboard won't make a meaningful difference in this instance.

That being said, the Lazer Platinum is simply one of the top units you can buy, period. I wouldn't try to stop you from getting one.

Oklahoma Wolf · Sep 6, 2011

Arbiter Odie said:
I forgot to mention the motherboard: Crosshair V. That won't make a difference, will it?

Not even a little bit. I'm running the OEM version of that same unit in my main rig. I've never even seen the fan turn on.

Arbiter Odie · Sep 9, 2011

theflyingrat said:
Geez... you could run a Sempron 140 even heavily overclocked and a GT 430 on less than 200W. 550W is silly overkill for that type of low loading. The motherboard won't make a meaningful difference in this instance.

That being said, the Lazer Platinum is simply one of the top units you can buy, period. I wouldn't try to stop you from getting one.

I already have it. I was making sure it would be okay with a crosshair V... some asus tech support person told me I needed a larger power supply to run the board... he "personally" recommended "at least 800 watts".

Oklahoma Wolf said:
Not even a little bit. I'm running the OEM version of that same unit in my main rig. I've never even seen the fan turn on.

My thread has been blessed by a response from Oklahoma Wolf himself!!! You're the reason I bought the unit in the first place. After reading that review, I went and read many of your others, including the one done in rhyme. That was interesting

Thank you for being so awesome for the rest of us who are afraid of electric shocks.

Oklahoma Wolf · Sep 9, 2011

That one was a royal pain to write though

I'm going to slap a 6950 in the main rig before too long. See if that finally turns the PSU fan on.

trents · Sep 14, 2011

Hey, wolfe, you originally from OK? Just wondering about the connection since you live in Saskatchewan.

Oklahoma Wolf · Sep 14, 2011

Yep - born in Enid.

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