300 watt PSU enough
 

OK I'm thinking of putting my old build in a new SFF case that comes with a 300 watt PSU. will the power supply be enough?

Asus P5E-VM HDMI Motherboard
Intel Q6600 CPU
geforce 9600 gt oc Video card
SSD drive
4 to 6 gigs of ram
Maybe a 3.5 inch drive. Can do without.

Case with power supply in question: NCIX.com - Buy Silverstone Sugo SG05B Black SFF MINI-ITX MINI-DTX Case 1X5.25 Slim 1X2.5IN 1X3.5INT W/ Sfx 300W PSU - Silverstone Technology - SST-SG05B - in Canada

I don't think 300 is enough. The q6600 and the 9600 are both built on larger die sizes.
If I had to guess, I'd say 450 and only if it's not a crappy budget psu.
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300watts is definitely not enough for your rig. Get a new PSU instead of risking it with the 300w psu.

Might go with this case it has a 500 watt PSU.

300 is enough as that's what I ran a similar setup but with more HDD's on a 350W. However that case has a SFX power supply which usually suck.

Instead of getting what you posted in the OP I recommend something like this:

NCIX.com - Buy Silverstone Sugo SG01B0-F Evolution Black SFF mATX Case 2X5.25 2X3.5INT No PS - Silverstone Technology - SG01B-F - in Canada

Here's another that's cheaper:
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=28...e%20Technology

and slapping a nice PS into it.

I'm using the same one but in aluminum plus it'll accept a full size atx power supply vs the crappy sfx ones.

Minimum you should be getting now a days is like 500+ .

All depends what you have in your system.

If you ever want to upgrade and you have insufficient watts, better to buy a higher one ;P

True. But when I do upgrades it's major and I replace the PS with a new one if more wattage is needed since I'd rather it be new and not the old one that's been running for years.

i have the follow system and it never draws more than 200w from the wall. (idle 80-120w, gaming 160-190w)

Phenom X4 965
EVGA GTX460
8GB DDR3
WD640 Caviar black + Seagate 7200.12 500GB

so i'd say you are safe...

I don't understand why ppl alway think you need a 500w+ PSU even when you have a low-midrange pc.

because they lose wattage over time

PSU being such an critical component why not spend a few moore bucks to be on the safe side?


i'd say 400W minimum for any PC...500W+ for normal uses..700W+ if you want to overclock/SLI in the future

It's been like this since forever... for whatever reason, there's this mistaken belief that computers use way more power than they really do. No different than ten years ago.