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650 watt power supply

It's a bit silly to ask this question without giving us any additional information about your computer. Your CPU is a huge variable in this situation.

It also depends on the brand of power supply. A 650w Antec or Corsair is a lot different than some random brand 650w.

Which drives are you trying to add? There is a big difference in power consumption between a single-platter drive and a drive with 4+ platters.
 
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GotNoRice said:
It's a bit silly to ask this question without giving us any additional information about your computer. Your CPU is a huge variable in this situation.

It also depends on the brand of power supply. A 650w Antec or Corsair is a lot different than some random brand 650w.

Which drives are you trying to add? There is a big difference in power consumption between a single-platter drive and a drive with 4+ platters.
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GotNoRice is right, I'd also like to add this site to get a general calculation of power usage; http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
 
Thanx for the input, and here is my info:

Win7 Home Premium x64 Svc Pack1
Intel Core i7 CPU 860 @ 280GHz
16GB DDR3 PC3-10600
1.5TB hdd
650 watt pwr supply
GeForce GTX 570 HD Vid Card

The Power Supply I added is the Antec Green Earthwatts 650W. I am planning on adding one or two internal 500GB hdd's at 7200 rpm for editing videos in Adobe Premier Pro. I truly am new at this, and appreciate the assistance
 
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package007 said:
Thanx for the input, and here is my info:

Win7 Home Premium x64 Svc Pack1
Intel Core i7 CPU 860 @ 280GHz
16GB DDR3 PC3-10600
1.5TB hdd
650 watt pwr supply
GeForce GTX 570 HD Vid Card

The Power Supply I added is the Antec Green Earthwatts 650W. I am planning on adding one or two internal 500GB hdd's at 7200 rpm for editing videos in Adobe Premier Pro. I truly am new at this, and appreciate the assistance
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Hell, you could run that on a good quality 400-450 watt PSU. You're golden with a good 650.
 
In theory maybe you could run it on a 400-450W unit. But it wouldn't come with the necessary PCIe connectors for a GTX 570 and you'd be forced to buy adapters, so you might as well have 500W to begin with.
 
lehtv said:
In theory maybe you could run it on a 400-450W unit. But it wouldn't come with the necessary PCIe connectors for a GTX 570 and you'd be forced to buy adapters, so you might as well have 500W to begin with.
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Good point...but power-wise...it'd work...even with adapters.

Personally, I like a bigger PSU anyway, and wouldn't try to run a PC on a power supply that's barely enough...
 
Intel Core i7 CPU 860 @ 280GHz

Holy balls! a 280Ghz CPU!

Jk, yeah a 650 would be more than fine, and you could go to a lower power unit if you stick with quality companies, like Corsair, Seasonic, etc.
 
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