eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update

[mnemonik23]

August 3, 2007


The following changes were made in Lite and Pro versions:


Graphics Cards:

- added ATI HD 2900 XT 1GB GDDR4
- added ATI Radeon X1950 XT
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS


CPUs:

Socket AM2
- added AMD Athlon X2 BE-2300 1900 MHz Brisbane
- added AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 2100 MHz Brisbane

Socket 939
- added AMD Opteron 185 2600 MHz Denmark

- added Intel Celeron 420 1600 MHz Conroe-L
- added Intel Celeron 430 1800 MHz Conroe-L
- added Intel Celeron 440 2000 MHz Conroe-L

Socket LGA775
- added Intel Xeon 3040 1860 MHz Conroe
- added Intel Xeon 3050 2130 MHz Conroe
- added Intel Xeon X3210 B3 2133 MHz Kentsfield
- added Intel Xeon X3220 B3 2400 MHz Kentsfield
- added Intel Xeon X3210 G0 2133 MHz Kentsfield
- added Intel Xeon X3220 G0 2400 MHz Kentsfield
- added Intel Xeon X3230 2667 MHz Kentsfield

Socket 771
- added Intel Xeon E5335 2000 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon X5365 3000 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon LV 5128 1866 MHz Woodcrest
- added Intel Xeon LV 5138 2133 MHz Woodcrest
- added Intel Xeon LV 5148 2333 MHz Woodcrest
- added Intel Xeon LV L5310 1600 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon LV L5320 1866 MHz Clovertown


eXtreme Power Supply Calculator

 

[mnemonik23]

September 25, 2007


eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update


The following changes were made in Lite and Pro versions:


RAM

- added ability to select FB DIMMs
- added ability to select up to 32 sticks of RAM


PCI cards

- added TV Tuner Satelite reception card
- added TV Tuner Cable reception card
- added TV Tuner Antenna reception card


Video Cards

- added NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 1024MB

- added ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro 128MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro 256MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro 512MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT
- added ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 512MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 512MB

- added ATI FireGL V3600
- added ATI FireGL V5600
- added ATI FireGL V7600
- added ATI FireGL V8600
- added ATI FireGL V8650


CPUs

- added Intel Xeon E5330 2133 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon E5340 2400 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon E5350 2667 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon LV L5335 2000 MHz Clovertown


- added Intel Xeon E7210 2400 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon E7220 2933 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon E7310 1600 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon E7320 2133 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon E7330 2400 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon E7340 2400 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon X7350 2933 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon LV L7345 1866 MHz Tigerton

- added Opteron 1220 2800 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1222 3000 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1222 SE 3000 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1210 HE 1800 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1212 HE 2000 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1214 HE 2200 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1216 HE 2400 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1218 HE 2600 MHz Santa Ana

- added Opteron 2218 HE 2600 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 2220 2800 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 2222 3000 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 2222 SE 3000 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 2224 SE 3200 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 8218 HE 2600 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 8220 2800 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 8222 3000 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 8222 SE 3000 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 8224 SE 3200 MHz Santa Rosa

- added Opteron 2344 HE 1700 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 2346 HE 1800 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 2347 1900 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 2347 HE 1900 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 2350 2000 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 8346 HE 1800 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 8347 1900 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 8347 HE 1900 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 8350 2000 MHz Barcelona

- added AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3200 MHz AM2 Windsor


http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

 

[JEDIYoda]

I dare say most if not ALL power supply calculators are highly inaccurate!!
I have yet to find a power supply calculator that is accurate even remotely!!
Always take with a grain of salt what these calculators will say you need!!

Peace!!

 

[tomoyo]

Sadly this calculator still overmeasures my computer by about 150 watts. That's not a very precise way to find the size of your psu that you need.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: tomoyo
Sadly this calculator still overmeasures my computer by about 150 watts. That's not a very precise way to find the size of your psu that you need.

I have seen them go iether way.......under and over..

 

[John]

Originally posted by: tomoyo
Sadly this calculator still overmeasures my computer by about 150 watts. That's not a very precise way to find the size of your psu that you need.

Are you selecting single or dual processor?

 

[tomoyo]

Single, it shows 344W vs my actual usage is 200W or less at load.

 

[mnemonik23]

Originally posted by: tomoyo
Sadly this calculator still overmeasures my computer by about 150 watts. That's not a very precise way to find the size of your psu that you need.

Sure, there is no way to make it 100% accurate because it is based on component groups, not individual components (except CPU, and Video Cards) and it was designed to give you as close estimate as possible.

BUT: you are saying it over measures your computer. Let me ask you this. Can you provide a 100% or even 85% load of ALL, I repeat ALL of your computer components? I don't think so, that?s why you see lower wattage if you, say, use kill-a-watt monitor or a similar tool. And that's why you have all necessary adjustments in the Calculator to come up wit closest result as possible.

Again, do not expect the Calculator to be 100% accurate - it's impossible! Unless we enter all known computer components individually in our database. But in this case it will probably die in a few months as all other previous calculators that made an attempt to list individual components and found it un-maintainable.

Regards,
mnemonik23

 

[SparkyJJO]

I use it more as to get a rough estimate, just gives me an idea of what capacity PSU I should be looking at.

I found the CPU power calculator pretty cool - didn't realize my opteron 165 dumps almost 180W of heat :Q

 

[twinkdogg]

I just did a calc for my new system and for some reason this just seems a little high:

System Type: Quad Processor
Motherboard: High End - Desktop (Abit IP5 Pro)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2400 MHz Kentsfield
Overclocked: 3000 MHz, 1.4 V
CPU Utilization (TDP): 85% TDP

RAM: 4 Sticks DDR2 SDRAM (Crucial Ballistix Tracers DDR2-800)
Video Card 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB

IDE HDD 7200 rpm: 1 HDD
SATA HDD: 3 HDDs

CD-RW Drive: 1 Drive
DVD-RW/DVD+RW Drive: 1 Drive
Floppy Drive: 1 Drive

Sound Blaster - All Models: Yes
PCI IDE Card: Yes
PCI-e x1 Card: 1 Card
PCI-e x4 Card: 1 Card

USB: 4 Devices
IEEE-1394 FireWire: 1 Device

Fans
LED: 5 Fans 92mm; 1 Fan 120mm;

Cold Cathodes: 2 Cathodes

Keyboard and mouse: Yes

System Load: 90 %


Recommended Wattage: 884 Watts

Recommended Amperage:
+3.3V +5V +12V
13.6 A 18.3 A 62.3 A


And this was without using the capacitor aging feature. If I add that at 30% is jumps up to 1149 watt PSU recommendation. I plan on keeping my PSU for at least 3-4yrs.

Do you all think this seems high? Is it unrealistic to use a 90% system load for your calculation?

 

[SparkyJJO]

PCI-e x1 Card: 1 Card
PCI-e x4 Card: 1 Card

What cards are those???

 

[twinkdogg]

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO

PCI-e x1 Card: 1 Card
PCI-e x4 Card: 1 Card

What cards are those???

The x1 will be a TV capture card like the WinTV-HVR-1800. I actually haven't decided on that one just yet. It may end up being a PCI card.

The x4 will eventually be an Adaptec 3805 sata raid card.

 

[saiga6360]

Shouldn't that be Single Processor?

 

[SparkyJJO]

Originally posted by: saiga6360
Shouldn't that be Single Processor?

Ding, yup I just saw that now that you mentioned it. Single processor, 4 cores, must have thought it was 4 processors. wow 4 quads would be sweet

 

[saiga6360]

Yeah, I made the same mistake before and nearly gave myself a heart attack since I already ordered a 520W PSU and it gave me a result of 612W.

 

[twinkdogg]

Doh!! I had it in my head that the setting that I needed was quad processor b/c I was running a quad core. I didn't even read the note below the System Type selection that clearly states "Attention: Dual or Quad Core CPUs are Single Processors." LMAO!! Damn ADD! Thank you guys for recognizing that.

Ok, now this is more like it. I'm getting 527w without any capacitor aging and 686w with a 30% capacitor aging setting. You think my Antec TruePower 430w should get me by for the time being?

I've been looking at getting the Thermaltake W0116RU 750w for a good PSU that will last me a few years. I also like the Enermax Infiniti 720 too but it's a little pricey as there is no rebates on it currently.

 

[ArchAngel777]

I made the same mistake... Maybe the disclaimer should be in bold with an exclamation point... I totally read singl, dual and quad as 'core' rather than CPU.

That changed my values quite a bit... In what I would consider a good 'guestimate'.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Originally posted by: twinkdogg
Doh!! I had it in my head that the setting that I needed was quad processor b/c I was running a quad core. I didn't even read the note below the System Type selection that clearly states "Attention: Dual or Quad Core CPUs are Single Processors." LMAO!! Damn ADD! Thank you guys for recognizing that.

Ok, now this is more like it. I'm getting 527w without any capacitor aging and 686w with a 30% capacitor aging setting. You think my Antec TruePower 430w should get me by for the time being?

I've been looking at getting the Thermaltake W0116RU 750w for a good PSU that will last me a few years. I also like the Enermax Infiniti 720 too but it's a little pricey as there is no rebates on it currently.

I wouldn't try it. Might work ok at idle but load it up and I'd fully expect OCP to kick in.

Just get a good PSU right off the bat.

 

[mnemonik23]

November 5, 2007


eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update


The following changes were made in Lite and Pro versions:


Graphics Cards

- added NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
- added ATI FireGL V3300
- added AATI FireGL V3350


CPUs

- added AMD Athlon XP 2900+ 2000 MHz Barton


Water Cooling Kits

- added Koolance PC4-1000
- added Koolance RP-1000


Water Pumps

- added Danger Den DD-CPX1
- added D-TEK DDC-3.1
- added D-TEK DDC-3.2
- added Gigabyte DP-600
- added Koolance PMP-400
- added Koolance PMP-450


eXtreme Power Supply Calculator

 

[mnemonik23]

December 5, 2007


eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update


The following changes were made in Lite and Pro versions:


Graphics Cards

- added ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro 512MB


CPUs

- added Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3000 MHz Yorkfield XE
- added Intel Core 2 Duo E6540 2333 MHz Conroe
- added Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2200 MHz Allendale
- added Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 2400 MHz Allendale

- added Intel Xeon E5205 1866 MHz Wolfdale-DP
- added Intel Xeon X5260 3333 MHz Wolfdale-DP
- added Intel Xeon X5272 3400 MHz Wolfdale-DP
- added Intel Xeon E5405 2000 MHz Harpertown
- added Intel Xeon E5410 2333 MHz Harpertown
- added Intel Xeon E5420 2500 MHz Harpertown
- added Intel Xeon E5430 2667 MHz Harpertown
- added Intel Xeon E5440 2833 MHz Harpertown
- added Intel Xeon E5450 3000 MHz Harpertown
- added Intel Xeon X5450 3000 MHz Harpertown
- added Intel Xeon X5460 3166 MHz Harpertown
- added Intel Xeon E5462 2800 MHz Harpertown
- added Intel Xeon E5472 3000 MHz Harpertown
- added Intel Xeon X5472 3000 MHz Harpertown
- added Intel Xeon X5482 3200 MHz Harpertown
- added Intel Xeon X5365 G0 3000 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon 3065 2333 MHz Conroe
- added Intel Xeon 3075 2667 MHz Conroe
- added Intel Xeon 3085 3000 MHz Conroe

- added Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 2000 MHz Allendale
- added Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 2200 MHz Allendale
- added Intel Celeron 220 1200 MHz Conroe-L

- added AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 2300 MHz Brisbane


eXtreme Power Supply Calculator

 

[mnemonik23]

January 8, 2008

The following changes were made:

Graphics Cards:

- added NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 256MB
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB

- added ATI Radeon HD 3850 256MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 3850 512MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 3870


CPUs:

- added Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2667 MHz Wolfdale
- added Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3000 MHz Wolfdale
- added Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3166 MHz Wolfdale
- added Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2833 MHz Yorkfield
- added Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2667 MHz Yorkfield
- added Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2500 MHz Yorkfield

- added AMD Phenom 9500 2200 MHz Agena
- added AMD Phenom 9550 2200 MHz Agena
- added AMD Phenom 9600 2300 MHz Agena
- added AMD Phenom 9650 2300 MHz Agena
- added AMD Phenom 9700 2400 MHz Agena
- added AMD Phenom 9900 2600 MHz Agena


eXtreme Power Supply Calculator

 

[mnemonik23]

March 12, 2008

The following changes were made:

Graphics Cards:

- added NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 1024MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

CPUs:

- added Intel Core 2 Duo E8190 2667 MHz Wolfdale
- added Intel Celeron E1200 1600 MHz Allendale
- added Intel Xeon E3110 3000 MHz Wolfdale

- added AMD Athlon X2 4850e 2500 MHz
- added AMD Sempron 64 3800+ 2200 MHz AM2 Manilla
- added AMD Sempron 64 3000+ EE 1600 MHz AM2 Manilla
- added AMD Sempron 64 3200+ EE 1800 MHz AM2 Manilla
- added AMD Sempron 64 3400+ EE 1800 MHz AM2 Manilla
- added AMD Sempron 64 3500+ EE 2000 MHz AM2 Manilla
- added AMD Sempron 64 LE-1100 1900 MHz AM2 Sparta
- added AMD Sempron 64 LE-1150 2000 MHz AM2 Sparta
- added AMD Sempron 64 LE-1200 2100 MHz AM2 Sparta
- added AMD Sempron 64 LE-1250 2200 MHz AM2 Sparta
- added AMD Sempron 64 LE-1300 2300 MHz AM2 Sparta

Pro version:

Added ability to select 3-Way SLI and Quad CrossFire X in Pro version.


eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite

 

[mnemonik23]

December 11, 2008

eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update

The following changes were made:

Sockets

- added Socket LGA1366
- added Socket Micro-FCBGA

CPUs

- added Intel Core i7 920 2667 MHz Bloomfield
- added Intel Core i7 940 2933 MHz Bloomfield
- added Intel Core i7 965 3200 MHz Bloomfield XE

- added Intel Atom 230 1600 MHz Diamondville
- added Intel Atom 330 1600 MHz Diamondville

Graphics Cards

- fixed NVIDIA GeForce 6200 power consumption data

Watercooling

- added Aqua Computer Aquastream XT Ultra USB Eheim pump
- added XSPC X2O 150 pump
- added XSPC X2O 200 pump
- added XSPC X2O 750 pump

power supply calculator

 

[OCGuy]

Hmmm....with my system below with 3 HDs and a 2nd 280 on the way says 598W. I guess I will be OK with the Corsair 750TX I have on the way.


Why do people always say 1000W or 1200W automatically? I know it is better to run at a lesser % of max output, but some people are rediculous.