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Title: 430w PSU enough ?
Post by: Smugs on February 15, 2007, 19:10:16 PM
After a few days of searching around Iââ,¬â,,¢ve found the parts I need for my system upgrade but before I order id like to know if my Antec True Power 430W PSU will be up to the job?

MSI K9N DIAMOND AM2 nvidia nForce 590 SLI 8channel audio DDR2 ATX

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4GHz) Socket AM2

Point Of View 7900GS 256MB 256bit GDDR3 PCI-E

Arctic Cooling (AC-FRZ-64P) Freezer64 Pro Socket 754 939 940 CPU Cooler.

Seagate ST3160811AS 160GB 7200.9 SATA II 7200RPM Drive

+ A couple of gigs of gaming ram in the near future.
Title: Re:430w PSU enough ?
Post by: White Giant on February 15, 2007, 22:51:06 PM
How old is the PSU?

I had a 500w Enermax that was 5 years old (which cost me an arm and a leg), when bought it was top of the line, after 5 years of 24/7 it struggled to keep a modern system stable.

*Edit - It ran three different systems during this time, each with quite a few extras, 120mm fans, lots of drives etc.
Title: Re:430w PSU enough ?
Post by: Smugs on February 15, 2007, 23:42:02 PM
3 years.

Atm its running a Athlon 2700, 6800 gfx card, two maxtor HDD, 4 80mm case fans + a slot fan by the gfx card and a top notch 80mm fan on the HS.
Title: Re:430w PSU enough ?
Post by: Cypher on February 15, 2007, 23:43:09 PM
Its up to the job, but play it safe and go 500+ imo.
Title: Re:430w PSU enough ?
Post by: Serious on February 16, 2007, 00:24:04 AM
If its got a dual 12 volt rail then its probably going to handle it OK, if not then it might be safer to get a new one.
Title: Re:430w PSU enough ?
Post by: White Giant on February 16, 2007, 10:50:35 AM
Give it a go, but personally Id go for a new one.
Title: Re:430w PSU enough ?
Post by: filbert on February 16, 2007, 10:59:39 AM
Ive got an amd 3800+x2 overclocked to 2.4ghz, 6800GT, 1 extra case fan, and Im using my old Enermax 360w no problem at all
Title: Re:430w PSU enough ?
Post by: Smugs on February 16, 2007, 19:32:13 PM
After a bit of reading up I found out that the new boards use 24pin ATX connectors and my PSU is 20pin, so I decided to upgrade my PSU as well to the newer Antec Truepower Trio 550w.
Title: 430w PSU enough ?
Post by: Leon on February 16, 2007, 20:23:49 PM
Im running a AMD 3200 x64, ATI x800xt pe, 2gig ram, 1x raptor, 1x 250 Western Digital and a DVD burner on a 240w PSU

Its not about the wattage, a decent low one will easily outshine a cheap big one :P
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