Enough power?

[Isura]

The 625W model was out of stock so I picked up the 525W.

Enermax Modu82 525W PSU

Is that enough to run

i5 750 overclocked to ~3.6GHZ
EVGA p55
4gb G.Skill 1600 ram
1 Intel SSD
1 WD black 1TB HD
ATI HD 5850/70 when it comes out
SATA DVD burner

I don't plan to use SLI, but upgrading to 5850 and 8GB of ram in near future.

 

[jdjbuffalo]

You might be pushing it with a 525 Watt power supply. It would recommend that wattage if you WEREN'T overclocking it... With overclock I would look at 650 - 750 range in general. This is not to say it might not work but expect that you might run into problems.

 

[theAnimal]

Plenty of power. Unless HD58X0 consumes way more power than the 190W maximum I've seen posted.

 

[imported_Scoop]

Nice purchase. It'll run anything single GPU, overclocked or not. I think the 5850 will line with the 4870 when it comes to power consumption which is around ~140-150W. 5870 maybe ~20-30W more? Why are you asking question now that you've already bought it? 🙂

 

[ChaiBabbaChai]

Almost certain it will be fine. I bought a 750 watt M12D for my i7 920 with more periph's than your system knowing that it would run at 40-70% where it's most efficient.

 

[Isura]

Originally posted by: Scoop
Nice purchase. It'll run anything single GPU, overclocked or not. I think the 5850 will line with the 4870 when it comes to power consumption which is around ~140-150W. 5870 maybe ~20-30W more? Why are you asking question now that you've already bought it? 🙂

Thanks. I ran prime95 and occt 8 hrs overnight with no issues. Hopefully it can handle the 5850 when the times comes. This is a great psu. Super quiet and cabling was really easy,

 

[Bull Dog]

You will be fine. Conservatively (inverse so I'm being liberal here), figure the CPU at 175W, GPU at 200W, and all the other components at no more than another 50W so you are looking at 425W.

Realistically, you will probably rarely even come close to that.