My typical gaming load is 250-270W from the wall. Also, remember what you're reading from the wall (a la Kill-a-Watt) is not what the PSU is actually putting out - you have to reduce the draw by the PSU's efficiency. Typical PSU efficiencies are in the 80-85% range, so even if you're pulling 300W from the wall, your PSU is only putting out ~250W. This is only 62.5% of a 400W unit's rated maximum, which is well within the recommended safety range. Couple in the fact that we're considering a quality unit like the Corsair, which can handle much more than 400W, and you have nothing to be worried about. This is the beauty of running quality hardware with a quality PSU :thumbsup:.
and what does that have to do with an i5 750 and 5870? a 5870 uses less power than even a single gtx285.
Thanks, that's how I designed it. I like having a very quiet rig that still does what I need. The CPU idles at 0.92V and loads at 1.2V according to CPU-Z (draw from the wall at idle is ~82W). GPU voltage is set to 1.125V for 925MHz, runs 900MHz on stock 1.0875V. The 58xx cards will consume a lot more power once you start cranking the voltage (remember that power consumption increases quadratically with voltage increase). I think my rig draws in the ~350W range in Crysis when the 5850 is @ 1GHz and ~1.3V.
It'd be better to have it draw from two different outputs, but that isn't always the case just because you put them on different lines, as it depends on the CPU's wiring/design.
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