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Would 600w be enough for this build

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zombieking

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Hello this is my first build / first time posting on this site(hope I'm posting in the right section sorry to any MOD if I have) I have tried searching but I havent seen a similar build like mine so far...

Lan party build


Case: A30 thermaltake http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1466&ID=1989#Tab1

Drive: Sony OEM SATA 24x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118031&Tpk=sony oem sata drive

MOBO: asus M4A88T-M (microATX) http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/M4A88TM/

CPU: AMD 1100T BE

RAM: Crucial Ballistix (2 sticks 8gb DDR3-1600MHz) http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1412141&CatId=4534

GPU: sapphire 6770 vapor-x oc edition 860mhz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102937&Tpk=6770 sapphire

HDD: western digital IDE (its what i have atm, looking at it but cant tell if its 5400 or 7200rpm and oem windows 7 already on it, set up before psu gave out)

PSU: COOLMAX ZX Series ZX-600 600W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817159125

the PSU has died after 2 1/2 weeks of moderate use and nothing OC'ed. I have rma'ed it awaiting to hear back from newegg, which is why im asking if 600w 80+ silver is enough for my build, or should i go higher?

TY in advance,
zombieking

ps. I used 3 different PSU calculators but not sure how accurate they are, and not doing sli/x-fire with this build

ps#2 i have checked with another psu and thankfully nothing was damaged
 
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0.0 holy cow that was fast... yup I was thinking that the quality was why it went out but now would that 500w corsair be enough cushion if i was to OC the cpu oh lets go on the outside 4.2 not that I would on stock heatsink/fan lol and if I was to bump the gpu up too..

oh i forgot monitors lol 1 64in HD TV for games/movies and a small flat screen gateway for my monitoring tools/ect.

again TY for the fast response.
 
I would think 500W would be enough, but I can't say for sure (I'm not an expert, I just know general numbers). You can do 2xCF on a 600W unit, so I would imagine so.

Also, monitors don't take power from the PSU (assuming that's what you mean).
 
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