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10-17-2008, 04:07 PM
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Corsair 550W showing its might!
I came across this picture while doing my normal google-whoring for case mods, watercooling and what-not:
The thread of the mod is this one:
Cosmos S ''Black Edition''_Watercooling [eVga 790i Ultra, 280GTX, D-Tek Fuzion v2..] - bit-tech.net Forums
That is a Corsair 550W power supply powering a Q6600 at 3.8GHZ, a GTX 280, 2 Seagate 500GB hard drives, and an eVGA 790i Ultra motherboard, along with a whole waterloop (PA120.3, MCP355 with Res top, D-Tek Fuzion V2 and EK full-cover acetal GTX 280 block)...
Wow! Awesome. Who woulda thunk it?
If I have any queries, 1) would be, will it explode, and 2) would be, how long till explosion? If the answer to the first is no, then kudos to Corsair. |
10-17-2008, 05:17 PM
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... I figured that would be a duh. A good 450w or even the Earthwatts 430 should be able to handle that rig 
Sweet looking system though. I like how everything is black
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10-17-2008, 05:31 PM
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An Earthwatts 430? ...
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10-17-2008, 05:52 PM
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It's only when both the Q6600 and GTX280 gets overclocked to their max. potential under ambient cooler that you'll need slightly above 550W to avoid running the PSU >90%.
A stock GTX280 is actually quite 'tame' in power usage compared to an OC'ed one. Exactly like the 2900XT.
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10-17-2008, 05:56 PM
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It's only when both the Q6600 and GTX280 gets overclocked to their max. potential under ambient cooler that you'll need slightly above 550W to avoid running the PSU >90%.
A stock GTX280 is actually quite 'tame' in power usage compared to an OC'ed one. Exactly like the 2900XT.
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Remember back then my 3.86GHz quad + 2900XT 1Ghz(core) vmod when being benched was running on 680W(Sirtec internals) and it held up well. My estimation according to fan speed was >86% power usage.
The 550VX has the same CWT internal as my 600W Toughpower.
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10-17-2008, 06:33 PM
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... I figured that would be a duh.
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10-17-2008, 06:57 PM
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Man, that's a sexy rig!
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10-17-2008, 06:58 PM
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And apparently, all the powder coating (the case and the OCZ XTC memory cooler) cost him 20 euros done by a professional. That is not a bad price IMO. |
10-18-2008, 02:18 AM
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I just noticed, why is the pump sitting on top of two fans?
Assuming they're non-functional.
Fan grill doesn't provide dampening effect, does it?
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Damm fine PSU(what i'm using in my main machine).  Clearly underrated.
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Man, that rig looks soooooooooooooooooooo awesome!
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10-18-2008, 08:19 AM
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And apparently, all the powder coating (the case and the OCZ XTC memory cooler) cost him 20 euros done by a professional. That is not a bad price IMO.
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Nope, it's not bad. I've dealt with powder coating before and the prices were pretty reasonable.
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I completely agree. Awesome little unit.
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There is a picture of a Corsair HX620 running SLI 8800GTX and water and X6800 oced, etc from a Corsair booth at one of the tech shows from a year ago or so...
Dug it up from MY post at THG long ago 
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Whoa, what case is that??
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There is a picture of a Corsair HX620 running SLI 8800GTX and water and X6800 oced, etc from a Corsair booth at one of the tech shows from a year ago or so...
Dug it up from MY post at THG long ago
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My HX620 is pushing along a highly clocked Q6600, 2x 4850's, H20, CCFL's and a single hard drive ATM... it will be getting more fans, HDD's, and CCFL's soon.
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10-19-2008, 06:27 AM
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An Earthwatts 430? ...
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Yep. Had q6600 at 3.2Ghz, 4870 OC'd, 4 hard drives, 4GB DDR2 1066, 2 Optical drives, Wireless Card, TV Tuner, Sound Card, PLENTY of fans and extrernal peripherals and the PSU wasn't even getting warm running an SMP and GPU Client while working on other junk in the background.
I have a pic of the measurement of the current at the wall on the pc at work, i'll post it up.
MOST people think their rigs use more power than they really do.
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BLAH: ASUS M2A-VM|Phenom@2.6Ghz|OEM Cooler|XFX8800GTS 320|3GB 800Mhz|WD 500GB |Antec Earthwatts 430|
Beefy: Gigabyte P35-DS3L\Q6600\2GB 667Mhz\OCZ700 Watt\8800GT
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