550 watt PSU for Phenom II 965

psych · Jun 22, 2010

Would a Corsair VX 550 watt supply be enough for Phenom II 965 and a 9800 gtx?

King107s · Jun 22, 2010

Asuuming that youre not over clocking, 2 sticks of DDR3, only have one hard drive and one optical drive and a couple fans... ya, you should be OK.

But 550W doesnt give you much room for future upgrades and PSU's are so cheap now....

eli · Jun 22, 2010

King107s said:
Asuuming that youre not over clocking, 2 sticks of DDR3, only have one hard drive and one optical drive and a couple fans... ya, you should be OK.

But 550W doesnt give you much room for future upgrades and PSU's are so cheap now....

Not much of an assessment. I have a BFG 550, running an overclocked Q9400, BFG gtx 250, 5 HD's, 8gb or ram, DVD, and 4 120mm fans. Runs like a champ. Your biggest draw will be the video card. You could probably run on a good 400 watt.

Look for quality in the PSU. I like Antec, although my other one is going in for RMA.

trents · Jun 22, 2010

eli said:
Not much of an assessment . . .

You may disagree but please do so respectfully.

Trap05 · Jun 22, 2010

I'm certain the 550w is plenty but for $10 I'd probably move up to the 650tx if the budget permits

EarthDog · Jun 22, 2010

Corsair 550VX will be plenty WITH overclocking. Now, you wont be able to SLI or anything, but. Its certainly plenty with a few HDD's and Opticals, fans etc.

Parad0x420 · Jun 22, 2010

eli said:
Not much of an assessment. I have a BFG 550, running an overclocked Q9400, BFG gtx 250, 5 HD's, 8gb or ram, DVD, and 4 120mm fans. Runs like a champ. Your biggest draw will be the video card. You could probably run on a good 400 watt.

Look for quality in the PSU. I like Antec, although my other one is going in for RMA.

You must have missed the part where the OP said a CORSAIR VX 550.. You can't get much higher quality than a Corsair PSU these days.
That PSU will be more than enough to handle the 965 and a 9800 GTX, and like someone suggested, if the budget permits an extra $10 or so, moving up to the 650TX would help provide additional power for a second graphics card later on. :thup:

psych · Jun 22, 2010

thx everybody!

but I think i will be going with the VX 550 because i live in Norway and PSU arent that cheap, and I have bought it from a friend!

Parad0x420 · Jun 23, 2010

Good deal, you will be happy with it!

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