Thermaltake TR2 420 Watts enough for Q6600?

[gitanes]

4 gigs of ram (corsair 800mhz ddr2 cl4), q6600, gigabyte p35-dq6, 7600gt, 3 sata hdd's, dvd

might be a bit close?

 

[MarcVenice]

Should work but why would you even want to? Spend 70$ or so on a QAULITY psu to keep your conscience at ease. Something like a corsair 450vx or a 430w seasonic s12 should do.

 

[gitanes]

Well I thought Thermaltake was quality... obviously I was wrong

 

[MarcVenice]

Thermaltake toughpower seem to be qaulity PSU's, purepower seems to be another story though.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

What liitle I know of Tt.
The 750W units like to squeal and RMAs are no fun when dealing with Tt. I have heard little of their lower wattage units.
Corsair and Seasonic on the other hand will bend over backwards to make things right.
Chances of an RMA with Seasonic or Corsair are slim.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: gitanes
4 gigs of ram (corsair 800mhz ddr2 cl4), q6600, gigabyte p35-dq6, 7600gt, 3 sata hdd's, dvd

might be a bit close?

I'm doing a similar system (but with 8800GTS/320) on a 300W LiteOn. Works great. 4 HDDs, though...

 

[gitanes]

Originally posted by: dclive

Originally posted by: gitanes
4 gigs of ram (corsair 800mhz ddr2 cl4), q6600, gigabyte p35-dq6, 7600gt, 3 sata hdd's, dvd

might be a bit close?

I'm doing a similar system (but with 8800GTS/320) on a 300W LiteOn. Works great. 4 HDDs, though...

So I actually should have some headroom for overclocking, nice

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Thermaltake toughpower seem to be qaulity PSU's, purepower seems to be another story though.

exactly the tough Power line are a real nic line of PSU.

The earlier brands are not that good at all!!

personally you can`t go wrong with anything thats Corsair....

good luck!!

 

[Allio]

The low-end thermaltakes are absolute pieces of junk. I have one running a 1700+ with a Geforce4 MX and I'm pretty uncomfortable about it, it's going to get tossed as soon as I get around to buying a proper one. I think you're crazy, but hey, whatever works.

 

[Acanthus]

Rig in sig had to be updated from a purepower 500w. Not enough on the 12v rail.

 

[RallyMaster]

I wouldn't trust that PSU with my AthlonXP 2500+ with a Ti4200 let alone a quad core. Corsair HX520/VX450 should be what you're looking for if not the Antec Earthwatts/NeoHE/TruePower Trio lines.

 

[addylo]

Thanks for this thread! I was going with a TT PR2 550W for my new build until I started reading the opinions here of the low-end TT's.

Just pulled the trigger on an 520HX for $89 on Google (they're $129 on NE... sheesh!). I assume this unit will be enough for this build. I'm expecting shipment on everything by Labor Day weekend.

Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVidia nForce 590
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
MSI GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI-E
Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4
Antec Performance One P180B Case
Corsair 520HX PSU
Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA

 

[JEDIYoda]

good decision!!