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06-26-2007, 03:29 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 536
|  Power Requirements for Q6600?
Will my Antec Truepower 2.0 550 be able to power an 8800gtx+4gigs of RAM+a Q6600? I hear that there will be a new revision of the q6600 and it will drop the power consumption down to about 95watts.
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-eVGA 8800GTX 630/2000
-80 gig 7200rpm SATA HDD
-320 gig 7200rpm SATA HDD
-Sony DVD/CD burner
-NZXT Tempest
-Antec True Power 550 watt PSU
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06-26-2007, 05:55 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Stanton, Pennsylvania Posts: 1,017
| Re: Power Requirements for Q6600?
i think you should go for a corsair 620 to be safe...
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06-26-2007, 05:57 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,825
| Re: Power Requirements for Q6600?
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Originally Posted by psp_crazy1  i think you should go for a corsair 620 to be safe... | i wouldn't trust it... use a Corsair 520 thing instead, its 130$ but totally worth it!!!!!!! Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC Class B, TUV, CCC, C-tick - Retail | 
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06-26-2007, 07:47 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 536
| Re: Power Requirements for Q6600?
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Originally Posted by vernong1992 | Wouldn't that technically be a downgrade for me? Since the PSU I have now has 19A on the 12V rails, while the Corsair has 18.
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-C2Q Q6700 @ 3.4ghz(cooled by PetraTech's Elite Water Cooling Kit)
-DFI Lanparty DK P35-T2RS
-4*1024 sticks of G.Skill Ram 4-4-4-12
-eVGA 8800GTX 630/2000
-80 gig 7200rpm SATA HDD
-320 gig 7200rpm SATA HDD
-Sony DVD/CD burner
-NZXT Tempest
-Antec True Power 550 watt PSU
MACBOOK
-2.4Ghz Penryn
-2GB RAM
-250GB HDD | |
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06-26-2007, 07:51 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,825
| Re: Power Requirements for Q6600?
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Originally Posted by will h4x 4 food Wouldn't that technically be a downgrade for me? Since the PSU I have now has 19A on the 12V rails, while the Corsair has 18. | i guess so... but corsair is more trusted.... also because i typed the 520 instead of 620...... lol my bad!!!! | |
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06-26-2007, 08:25 PM
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Uber Sanoob Techie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Westchester County, New York Posts: 634
| Re: Power Requirements for Q6600?
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Originally Posted by vernong1992 | why would u trust a corsair 520 and not the 620? | |
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06-26-2007, 10:11 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 536
| Re: Power Requirements for Q6600?
But do you guys think my PSU can handle it?
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-C2Q Q6700 @ 3.4ghz(cooled by PetraTech's Elite Water Cooling Kit)
-DFI Lanparty DK P35-T2RS
-4*1024 sticks of G.Skill Ram 4-4-4-12
-eVGA 8800GTX 630/2000
-80 gig 7200rpm SATA HDD
-320 gig 7200rpm SATA HDD
-Sony DVD/CD burner
-NZXT Tempest
-Antec True Power 550 watt PSU
MACBOOK
-2.4Ghz Penryn
-2GB RAM
-250GB HDD | |
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06-26-2007, 10:12 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,825
| Re: Power Requirements for Q6600?
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Originally Posted by san21893 why would u trust a corsair 520 and not the 620? | clearly u are too lazy to read two posts above urs......: Quote:
Originally Posted by vernong1992 i guess so... but corsair is more trusted.... also because i typed the 520 instead of 620...... lol my bad!!!! | plus antec's quality is sort of dropping these days...... | |
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06-26-2007, 10:12 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,009
| Re: Power Requirements for Q6600?
i only have a corsair 520..and i wanna know if mine could handle that too..that and maybe a better GPU in a couple of months...namely a G90 one
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06-26-2007, 10:13 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,825
| Re: Power Requirements for Q6600?
and i said i dont trust antec's not Corsair.... jeez can't a regular technie have a typo-squat? | |
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