is 550w enough?

[derpyhooves25]

i have had my system running on a 550w psu for a while but is it enough?

specs

motherboard: msi p55a g55

cpu: core i5 760 2.8ghz

ram: adata 4gb

graphics card: sapphire 4850

storage: 1x160gb 2x1tb hdd

psu: 550w xsilence

i only have 2 fans in system and a cd/dvd drive

[Guest]

i have had my system running on a 550w psu for a while but is it enough?

specs

motherboard: msi p55a g55

cpu: core i5 760 2.8ghz

ram: adata 4gb

graphics card: sapphire 4850

storage: 1x160gb 2x1tb hdd

psu: 550w xsilence

i only have 2 fans in system and a cd/dvd drive

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[Benjamin G]

i have had my system running on a 550w psu for a while but is it enough?

specs

motherboard: msi p55a g55

cpu: core i5 760 2.8ghz

ram: adata 4gb

graphics card: sapphire 4850

storage: 1x160gb 2x1tb hdd

psu: 550w xsilence

i only have 2 fans in system and a cd/dvd drive

It should definately be enough. If you start overclocking you may run into some issues.

[JAKEBAB]

more than enough.

[Ryan Leech]

550w should be enough, but that 4850 is definitely the power hog of the system.

[PillowSmoke]

i have had my system running on a 550w psu for a while but is it enough?

specs

motherboard: msi p55a g55

cpu: core i5 760 2.8ghz

ram: adata 4gb

graphics card: sapphire 4850

storage: 1x160gb 2x1tb hdd

psu: 550w xsilence

i only have 2 fans in system and a cd/dvd drive

 

Oh yea.... 550 watts is totally enough for your build.