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hey everyone 

 

so i just finished building a small pc for my brother , q6600 , gtx580 , 4gb ram etc

i had a crap 500w psu in there and all was fine until i tried a game , the PSU blew up ......

 

yup blew up lol

 

so now i need a powersupply , i only need enough to run whats in his pc , no overcloking or changes in the future , but i have no idea as to what wattage i need for his PC , apparently the 580 is really power hungry ?

 

i was thinking maybe the EVGA 600B psu ? will that be enough ?

any other suggestions would be nice too :) 

 

thanks in advance :D

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For a low end system like that it should be enough. You could look into lower end SeaSomics and XFX's

 

 

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hey everyone 

 

so i just finished building a small pc for my brother , q6600 , gtx580 , 4gb ram etc

i had a crap 500w psu in there and all was fine until i tried a game , the PSU blew up ......

 

yup blew up lol

 

so now i need a powersupply , i only need enough to run whats in his pc , no overcloking or changes in the future , but i have no idea as to what wattage i need for his PC , apparently the 580 is really power hungry ?

 

i was thinking maybe the EVGA 600B psu ? will that be enough ?

any other suggestions would be nice too :)

 

thanks in advance :D

 

Head over to johnnyguru for power supply reviews it helped me out a lot when choosing mine, EVGA power supplies seem to be pretty great, I'd pick the one you suggested if it's within your budget.

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hey everyone 

 

so i just finished building a small pc for my brother , q6600 , gtx580 , 4gb ram etc

i had a crap 500w psu in there and all was fine until i tried a game , the PSU blew up ......

 

yup blew up lol

 

so now i need a powersupply , i only need enough to run whats in his pc , no overcloking or changes in the future , but i have no idea as to what wattage i need for his PC , apparently the 580 is really power hungry ?

 

i was thinking maybe the EVGA 600B psu ? will that be enough ?

any other suggestions would be nice too :)

 

thanks in advance :D

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hey everyone

so i just finished building a small pc for my brother , q6600 , gtx580 , 4gb ram etc

i had a crap 500w psu in there and all was fine until i tried a game , the PSU blew up ......

yup blew up lol

so now i need a powersupply , i only need enough to run whats in his pc , no overcloking or changes in the future , but i have no idea as to what wattage i need for his PC , apparently the 580 is really power hungry ?

i was thinking maybe the EVGA 600B psu ? will that be enough ?

any other suggestions would be nice too :)

thanks in advance :D

If you have a card as hot as the 580 then you want a better PSU. XFX has some options that should work for you. You can check out the PSU whitelist in my sig for more help.

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Antec High Current Gamer 620W. 580 is a best lol

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