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AMD Phenom II X4 955

Kaiseroo

Kaiseroo

Kaiseroo

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I have a question related to this CPU. I'm not sure if my 5 years old PSU will handle it (and mind you, it automatically adjusts it's active PFC, never went full force).

My current specs:
ASUS M4A78 (AM2/AM2+/AM3)
4GB DDR2-800
1x Seagate Barracuda 80GB + 1x Western Digital 160GB + 1x seagate 250GB
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Arctic Cooling Pro 64 PWM on CPU. Arctic Cooling 8 in the back i Arctic Cooling 12 on the side of the case.
Radeon HD 4770 Sapphire (OC)
PSU Enermax eg465ax-ve g (ATX12V 2.2)

Will this PSU (which has 460W on it's side written) handle Phenom II X4 just fine under all conditions but unrealistic full load of all components?
 
It'll be fine. If that X2 6000 is the 125w version, it uses the same amount of power. Even if it's the 90w version , the difference is slight.
Since your graphics card is not too power hungry, the system will be well within spec if the PSU is working fine.
 
Quixote said:
It'll be fine. If that X2 6000 is the 125w version, it uses the same amount of power. Even if it's the 90w version , the difference is slight.
Since your graphics card is not too power hungry, the system will be well within spec if the PSU is working fine.
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Yeah it's the 90W version. My PSU has always been running stable even under heavy load when gaming, even then, it never did heat up (it has active PFC which automatically adjusts, it never ran on full speed or even 70% of it's fan speed at all).

My computer is so stable is that i've ran Windows 7 for 1,5 years already since I picked up the mobo without any major problems ever. According to the Raptoxx calculator, I have enough wattage to survive a blackout (454W/460W) part-wise. As in I will have enough on the new CPU/rest being same Quixote.

So I think I will do fine. Since when PSU ages, it doesn't really lose that much of it's initial wattage capability but the capacitors heat up more easily. Despite 5 years of using the PSU, I never had problems with it's heat and it has never ran at high fan speed. I just wanted to make sure it would run on this PSU since it's been 5 years since I replaced it and that i'm still a fair amateur in how things work.
 
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