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Old 01-11-2008, 06:51 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Okay, as far as power supplies go...

I can pick up a BFG 650watt PSU at the store for a pretty decent penny. My question is... fellow friends & gamers I hear all the time running 700w, 800w+ power supplies. Is this really necessary?

I plan to drop in two 500GB SATA HDDs into this unit, at least 8gb of RAM, and run Vista Ultimate 64bit. I guess what I'm asking is do I need a PSU heftier than 650w?

I would think 650w would be large enough, but in completing the build on this machine, it would be the most powerful machine I've ever personally built. As such, I really am not sure if I'd need any more.

What do you think?
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