power supply question

[Marine436]

is 600 wats enough for 4gb of ram, a geforce 8800 gtx and a quad core?

 

[meat_helmet]

Well, that really depends alot on what make and model of PSU it is. What is it?

 

[Marine436]

ase ( [New !!!] Nzxt Hush Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black )
Case Lighting ( Cold Cathode Neon Light Blue )
Power Supply ( 600 Watt -- Power Supply SLI Ready )
Processor ( [=== Quad Core ===] Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 (4x 2.4GHz/8MB L2 Cache/1066FSB) )
Free Software/Game ( [Free] iBUYPOWER Aegis Case - for your Games, Accessories, Disks, Manuals ... etc. --- $19.99 value )
Processor Cooling ( [$10 OFF Mail-In Rebate] [=== Silent ===] Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooling Fan System Kit Silent & Overclocking Proof = Ultimate cooling performance + Smart CPU & System Thermal Management )
Motherboard ( Asus P5N32-E SLI nForce® 680i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394 Dual PCI-E MB )
Memory ( 4096MB [2048MB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Mushkin High Performance II (HP2) w/Heat Spreader )
Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB w/DVI + TV Out Video )
Video Card Brand ( Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA )
Hard Drive ( Gaming HARD DRIVES [Serial ATA-150, 10,000 RPM] WD Raptor WD740GD 74.0GB 8M Cache Hard Drive )
2nd Hard Drive ( [Special !!!] 200 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 8M Cache] )
External Raid Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None )
CD/DVD Drive ( None )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] 18X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Speaker System ( 100W PMPO (RMS: 1W) 2 Pcs Stereo Speaker System )
Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )
Floppy Drive ( None )
Monitor ( None )
2nd Monitor ( None )
Keyboard ( Logitech Deluxe Keyboard Black )
Mouse ( Logitech Optical Internet Mouse Black )
Meter Display ( None )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black )
Operation System ( Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium + [Free 60-Day !!!] Microsoft Office 2007(Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access ....) 32-Bit )
Media Center Remote Control & TV Tuner ( None )
IEEE-1394 Fire Wire Card ( None )
USB Flash Drive ( None )
TV Tuner ( None )
Video Camera ( None )
Headset ( None )
Power Protection ( None )
Printer ( None )
Printer Cable ( None )
Wireless Network Adapter ( [Special !!!] Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps PCI Adapter )
Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )
Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) [RUSH !!!], Ship Out in 3 Business Days )

 

[Marine436]

thats the system thats should be shipping sooner rather than later

 

[peterhuang913]

should be fine

 

[Law]

That doesn't really tell us much about the PSU other than it's 600W and Sli ready..whatever that means...

Watts doesn't mean jack if your PSU is lacking on it's +12rail. So if you want us to give you a better opinion better post a link or something with the brand and model of the PSU.

 

[Marine436]

i honestly have no more information than that, im paying extra for it so i hope its decent..

 

[Law]

Where are you buying it from? Is it like a complete system some company will build for you?

 

[Marine436]

iBUYPOWER: Custom Build Gaming Computers Desktop PCs, Notebooks currently i would NOT recommend

 

[Law]

They sell respectable PSU. Those NZXT Precise (PRC) and Thermaltake Toughpower series are very good. So I would be surprise if they skimp on your PSU even if it was 600W. More than likely..it has enough on it's +12v rail to power your system with that single GTX and that quad-core. Since I can't really tell what brand and model I can only assume for the moment that it will probably be either from NZXT or Thermaltake. It all depends on the model, not the brand of the PSU that makes it good. Some high profile brand put out crappy model of their PSU too for the low-end system.

Very nice system by the way.