Power shortage?

[Leovindica]

I am running a 955 BE non OC, a XFX 6970, 8G ram (4sticks) a Vertex2 OCZ SSD (wow only) 2 HDD 500G (7200 rpm) each, and all powered by a CM 620W real power.

I'm worried that the pcu may be just a bit to weak for this set-up as I get some random system shutdowns lately. Max usage of the GCU is apparently 321W and that of the CPU 265W so thats for those 2 586W allready. Would a 7 or 800W unit be the better option or should the 620W be able to cope?

[MiRai]

I am running a 955 BE non OC, a XFX 6970, 8G ram (4sticks) a Vertex2 OCZ SSD (wow only) 2 HDD 500G (7200 rpm) each, and all powered by a CM 620W real power.

I'm worried that the pcu may be just a bit to weak for this set-up as I get some random system shutdowns lately. Max usage of the GCU is apparently 321W and that of the CPU 265W so thats for those 2 586W allready. Would a 7 or 800W unit be the better option or should the 620W be able to cope?
Right here (http://xfxforce.com/en-gb/products/graphiccards/hd%206000series/6970.aspx) on your GPU's specs it recommends a 650W PSU. That recommendation is system wide not for the
GPU itself.

And... where do you see that your processor sucks up 265W?

[Leovindica]

And... where do you see that your processor sucks up 265W?

It's 250W under load according to some reviews

[MiRai]

It's 250W under load according to some reviews
When you see power load benchmarks... it's system wide. You can't just measure the CPU wattage with a
DMM.

EDIT: Your CPU (http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/phenom-ii/Pages/phenom-ii-model-number-comparison.aspx) has a 125W TDP which means that's the average amount of wattage it will pull when running
"real applications." Unless you've OC'd your CPU and it's pegged at 100% usage I highly doubt you're pulling
250W out of it.

[Leovindica]

Thanks for your input Fenril, gonna change the pcu anyways as it's making a hell of a lot of noise. Prob something wrong with it. Will order a Seasonic 760W as its very well in reviews and is one of the most silent ones:)

[MiRai]

Thanks for your input Fenril, gonna change the pcu anyways as it's making a hell of a lot of noise. Prob something wrong with it. Will order a Seasonic 760W as its very well in reviews and is one of the most silent ones:)
Seasonic is definitely a good choice. Hopefully that is the cause of your problem.

[Leovindica]

Well, finally got the Seasonic 760W hybrid, I hope problems will stay away now...But what a silence..Can barely hear the psu:-)