New harddrive, enough watts?

2008-05-10 19:00:11

#1

TravisC555: Member; +118|6490|Cox Convention Center, OK

I just ordered this 500GB harddrive from Newegg for $89.

My PSU is a 650w Antec, wilI I be fine power wise when I add this hdd?

My current specs are:
E6600 @ 2.4 ghz
7900GS
Creative SB X-Fi Xtrememusic soundcard
ASUS DVD-ROM Drive
Lite-On CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive
WD 250GB 7200RPM hdd

Thanks.

2008-05-10 19:00:33

#2

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6977|67.222.138.85

Won't be a problem at all.

2008-05-10 20:02:25

#3

SpIk3y: Minister of Silly Walks; +67|6409|New Jersey

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
Won't be a problem at all.

2008-05-10 20:35:38

#4

ReDevilJR: Member; +106|6621

They add 5 watts at maximum usage.. VERY insignificant

2008-05-10 21:25:27

#5

r2zoo: Knowledge is power, guard it well; +126|6867|Michigan, USA

Im running 3 internal and an external on a 500w, so you should easily be able to run it. Hardrives are a big power hog unless your running a whole mess of them.

2008-05-10 21:25:53

#6

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7036|Cambridge (UK)

Yeah, should be fine.

If you find, after installing the HDD, that your PC is less stable than it was before, then you may have hit the maximum your PSU can handle stably.

To check, disconnect the new HDD again, if it goes back to normal stability, then it's time for new PSU.

But it shouldn't come to that.

2008-05-10 22:03:20

#7

SpIk3y: Minister of Silly Walks; +67|6409|New Jersey

A 650W Antec PSU can without question run his setup. Hell, he could install an 8800 and 3 more harddrives and still be perfectly fine. (Unless there is a problem with PSU).

2008-05-10 22:09:58

#8

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7036|Cambridge (UK)

SpIk3y wrote:
A 650W Antec PSU can without question run his setup. Hell, he could install an 8800 and 3 more harddrives and still be perfectly fine. (Unless there is a problem with PSU).

That last bit is key - as you say, it should be just fine, but not all PSUs are made alike - sometimes you can be running one for ages without problem, then you add something that it should handle fine and suddenly you discover it's not so great as you thought it was...

2008-05-11 01:51:31

#9

Nessie09: I "fix" things; +107|6940|The Netherlands

If my 400W will power my
Asus M2N-E
AMD 5000+ X2
4 ddr2 ram sticks
2 DVD drives
2 Harddrives
8800 GS OC'd

Then your setup should be fine

2008-05-11 02:10:11

#10

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6468|Winland

Scorpion0x17 wrote:
SpIk3y wrote:
A 650W Antec PSU can without question run his setup. Hell, he could install an 8800 and 3 more harddrives and still be perfectly fine. (Unless there is a problem with PSU).
That last bit is key - as you say, it should be just fine, but not all PSUs are made alike - sometimes you can be running one for ages without problem, then you add something that it should handle fine and suddenly you discover it's not so great as you thought it was...

But that's very unlikely. The main point here is, that if everything is ok, as it has been so far, everything's gonna work fine with a couple more watts.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-05-11 04:54:51

#11

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6724|The Twilight Zone

The HDDs need around 30W.

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2008-05-11 05:07:58

#12

']['error: Banned; +630|6914|The Netherlands

I run an 8800GT + E6600 @ 3ghz + 2 HDDs + 4gb ram on an 500W huntkey. Works fine, so you should be fine to with an 650W A-brand PSU

2008-05-11 05:33:11

#13

TravisC555: Member; +118|6490|Cox Convention Center, OK

Alright, thanks for all the answers, since I'm not really an expert in the PSU's.

2008-05-11 05:34:55

#14

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6468|Winland

']['error wrote:
I run an 8800GT + E6600 @ 3ghz + 2 HDDs + 4gb ram on an 500W huntkey. Works fine, so you should be fine to with an 650W A-brand PSU

I have a 3870, heavily oc'd P4 using like twice as much power as an E6600, one HD and 2GB RAM on a 500w HuntKey

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-05-11 05:46:19

#15

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6724|The Twilight Zone

Freezer7Pro wrote:
']['error wrote:
I run an 8800GT + E6600 @ 3ghz + 2 HDDs + 4gb ram on an 500W huntkey. Works fine, so you should be fine to with an 650W A-brand PSU
I have a 3870, heavily oc'd P4 using like twice as much power as an E6600, one HD and 2GB RAM on a 500w HuntKey

Only Preshots...

2008-05-11 06:40:01

#16

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6468|Winland

.Sup wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
']['error wrote:
I run an 8800GT + E6600 @ 3ghz + 2 HDDs + 4gb ram on an 500W huntkey. Works fine, so you should be fine to with an 650W A-brand PSU
I have a 3870, heavily oc'd P4 using like twice as much power as an E6600, one HD and 2GB RAM on a 500w HuntKey
Only Preshots...

?

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-05-11 06:46:28

#17

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6724|The Twilight Zone

Freezer7Pro wrote:
.Sup wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:

I have a 3870, heavily oc'd P4 using like twice as much power as an E6600, one HD and 2GB RAM on a 500w HuntKey
Only Preshots...
?

You have a P4 Prescott right?

2008-05-11 06:50:32

#18

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6468|Winland

.Sup wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
.Sup wrote:

Only Preshots...
?
You have a P4 Prescott right?

Ah lol, I read it as pre-shots, not the pun

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-05-11 07:04:54

#19

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6764|N. Ireland

Yep...should be fine.

2008-05-11 07:34:23

#20

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7036|Cambridge (UK)

Freezer7Pro wrote:
Scorpion0x17 wrote:
SpIk3y wrote:
A 650W Antec PSU can without question run his setup. Hell, he could install an 8800 and 3 more harddrives and still be perfectly fine. (Unless there is a problem with PSU).
That last bit is key - as you say, it should be just fine, but not all PSUs are made alike - sometimes you can be running one for ages without problem, then you add something that it should handle fine and suddenly you discover it's not so great as you thought it was...
But that's very unlikely. The main point here is, that if everything is ok, as it has been so far, everything's gonna work fine with a couple more watts.

I've used and built too many PC's to deal in certainties any more.

2008-05-11 08:02:51

#21

teek22: Add "teek22" on your PS3 fools!; +133|6651|Bromley, London

it should be more than enough.
I have a 230W power supply and run 2 hard drives, 2 1gb of ram, pentium D processor, two dvd rw drives, and floppy drive, and an ati x1300 gfx.

2008-05-11 08:41:37

#22

']['error: Banned; +630|6914|The Netherlands

teek22 wrote:
it should be more than enough.
I have a 230W power supply and run 2 hard drives, 2 1gb of ram, pentium D processor, two dvd rw drives, and floppy drive, and an ati x1300 gfx.

swap the x1300 foran 9800GX2 so your PSU will rocketlauch your whole PC to mars lol.

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