Power Supply Question

[amking]

Just out of curiousity......how much power (wattage wise) do different components (like optical drives or hdds) draw on average?

I was just reading the new XFX 7800 GTX review and I think anand said that the card drew like 275 watts or something....

Down the road I am considering building a dual core setup with the possibility of going SLI....I was thinking a 600 watt PSU would be PLENTY based on my past exp...but would that be enough with (hypothetically) a dual core cpu, 7800's in SLI, like 3 optical drives at least 2 hdd's (probably more because I would love to raid a pair of raptors), etc, etc.

Thanks.

 

[imported_Kensai]

The 275W draw was from the whole system.

Each 7800GTX will draw ~100W loaded.

 

[mOeeOm]

Originally posted by: amking
Just out of curiousity......how much power (wattage wise) do different components (like optical drives or hdds) draw on average?

I was just reading the new XFX 7800 GTX review and I think anand said that the card drew like 275 watts or something....

Down the road I am considering building a dual core setup with the possibility of going SLI....I was thinking a 600 watt PSU would be PLENTY based on my past exp...but would that be enough with (hypothetically) a dual core cpu, 7800's in SLI, like 3 optical drives at least 2 hdd's (probably more because I would love to raid a pair of raptors), etc, etc.

Thanks.

Depending on which one you get, it will be more than enough, a Seasonic would be very good.

 

[amking]

interesting.....yeah i was really liking the enermax 600w sli psu so far