I'm in the market to buy a new PSU. Since I have an ASUS mobo, the ASUS P5N-E SLI, I was browsing on their website at their CPU compatibility chart and noticed they had a PSU calculator. So according to their calculator, I need a 900w PSU (screenshot below) My specs are:
Q6600 B3 2.4Ghz
2 x eVGA 8800GT 512MB SLI
2 x 2GB sticks of DDR2 667RAM
2 x 2 SATA 320GB HD in RAID 0
1 DVD-R/CD combo drive
2 x USB devices (keyboard and mouse)
2 x case fans
900w just seems way to high for me. The other popular PSU calculator that everyone uses, I can't remember the URL right now extremeTech or something, but it put me at like 345w for my setup. How can these calculators be so far off? One seems way to low and the other seems way too high.
Finally, what PSU would you recommend that I buy? Thanks in advance!
Screenshot of ASUS PSU Calculator for my Setup
Q6600 B3 2.4Ghz
2 x eVGA 8800GT 512MB SLI
2 x 2GB sticks of DDR2 667RAM
2 x 2 SATA 320GB HD in RAID 0
1 DVD-R/CD combo drive
2 x USB devices (keyboard and mouse)
2 x case fans
900w just seems way to high for me. The other popular PSU calculator that everyone uses, I can't remember the URL right now extremeTech or something, but it put me at like 345w for my setup. How can these calculators be so far off? One seems way to low and the other seems way too high.
Finally, what PSU would you recommend that I buy? Thanks in advance!
Screenshot of ASUS PSU Calculator for my Setup