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MobiusArcher: Its been 3 years since I built my PC, so things may have changed, but power supplies are tricky. You cant go by just wattage. Each power supply will have a bunch of stuff listed on it besides to total wattage, and that stuff is important. On top of that, quality is really important in a PSU.
Aside from wattage the other important thing to check on PSUs is the amps on the +12V rail, as this determines how much power the PSU can actually deliver to the GPU. For most cases if the PSU has the recommended overall wattage then it will also have sufficient amps on the 12V rail, but when dealing with power hungry GPUs its still good to double-check just to be sure. Quality is definitely important, though, since aside from outright failure (usually due to a capacitor blowing) you can have lower quality PSUs not actually delivering the rated power, or not providing a clean stream of power (e.g. voltage dips and spikes), which can cause all kinds of weird behavior.
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MobiusArcher: When I was taught to build my own computers I was told there are two components you cant cheap out on. One was the motherboard, the other was the Power supply.
I'd just like to say that whoever taught you taught you well.

As for the OP, it depends on the specific model of PSU that you have. As another poster mentioned, Thermaltake has several different 600W PSUs available; some of them would probably be alright, while others would be more likely to cause problems. For instance, in addition to the 600W requirement, the GTX 770 requires 42 amps on the +12V rail; some of the Thermaltake 600W PSUs (barely) meet this requirement, while others fall just short of it.
Thanks to everyone.

I just bought a 750w power supply. It was the most I could afford on my budget. On the plus side, it's 80 plus bronze and modular. I don't think I'll ever buy a non modular power supply again. I love how clean the wiring is. All I need now is to wait for the GPU to arrive in the mail. I pray to the computer gods that it'll install without any major problems.
Just spend 10 bucks on a 'to plug' watt-meter (between). Plug it between your grid and your psu and monitor your consumption. You should be in the 30~70% margin of whatever is written on your psu **** in order to be on the very safe side ***

Mine is actually saying 120W. My habits can make it peak at 270W ... I have a 600W PSU so I'm happy.
Get a Corsair 750w PSU, they are GREAT. If you can find the Corsair Modular HX 750w PSU even better (but they can be expensive).
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Ghostfromthepast: I don't know what your system config is or what PSU you are using but your system power depends from a couple variables.
There are a couple PSU simulator that can help you choosing a right one (just search for it).
Generally from those 600W the PSU most likely only delivers around 80% (depending of the model you have), so yes you, probably should have a higher wattage quality PSU.

Anyway, you can try it with your current PSU, if you the notice that your system crashes or is unstable you'll know that is probably lack of power.

Oh, and if you know Scotty you can always ask him to tweak your PSU for more power. :)(shameless star trek joke but couldn't resist :P)
Just to correct you with PSU (bronze, silver, gold, platinum, Titanium = 80+)
It is prepared to deliver your 600W or whatever specs are - sometimes even more than that.
The rating considers how much actual Voltage power it will waste to produce your stable power delivered to your components. The overall idea of 80 Plus rating was to promote efficient energy use.
It doesn't reflect on quality of the power supply but it will reflect on long term power bills :)

ex 600W PSU with 60% efficiency running at full load would draw around 400W more from main and waste that energy in heat source.