how many watts will i need for this

[raiders_best]

2 of these

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130072

a quad core

rapter drive

WD 250gb drive

 

[Phantom2815]

Holy ****

I would say 700 should be enough lol

 

[lazer_viking]

At least 1,000. I didn't even know they made such huge PSU's. Man those 8800 GTX's are power hogs.

edit: 700?? 450 + 450 = 900 hundred right there... am i mistaken on my power stuff?

 

[raiders_best]

if your right then thats not enough power if i have a quad core a rapter drive a western digital 250gb drive. any one know if a 1000 watt PSU will work

 

[lazer_viking]

if i'm right (which im doubting) you will need more than 1000. 100 watts isnt going to power a CPU (quad core no less), HDD, etc. I always like to throw in a couple extra hundred watts to be safe too. it never hurts. But i've never seen a PSU that big before so i'm doubting my theory.

 

[raiders_best]

i looked on newegg.com all they have is 1000 watts no offence i really hope ur wroung lol

 

[Nukem]

I've read people have an 850W PSU with GTX's in SLI with no problems... SO I guess gettting a 1K would work just as well... good luck on paying the power bill! LOL

 

[raiders_best]

i found one thats 1500 watts but its an almost 1000 dollars holy **** and if im not mustaken it runs off of 220 not 120 i dont have i 220 outlet in my room
:amazed:

 

[Ridlyn]

Go here and put in what you're going to use and it will give you a rough estimate.


http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

 

[Nagasama]

read this:

http://www.techist.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=131824

do the math...you don't need a thousand watt psu. unless you are going to build a server for citibank or something lol.
as far as suggestions, i couldn't tell ya. my 550w works great for me, but you will need one a little bigger than that.