Am I pushing my PSU too hard?

Roll · 27 May 2006 at 18:57

Hello,

I've got the following running from my PSU (Tagan 480W) and just wanted to make sure that I'm not pushing it too hard:

AMD64 3200
2 x 1GB Memory
3 x Hard Disk Drives
1 x DVD-RW Drive
1 x DVD/CD-RW Drive
Nvidia 6800GT Graphics Card
5 x 80mm fans
1 x 92mm fan

I've ran it through one of the online power supply requirement calculators which reckons that it comes to about 370W and as the Tagan is a quality PSU I should be OK, but I wanted to check other peoples opinion as to if it's upgrade time yet?

Thanks for any replies

Jimbo Mahoney · 27 May 2006 at 18:59

No probs.

Nazbit · 27 May 2006 at 19:24

No I dont think that setup will be pushing your psu too hard, I take it theres no big overclocks going on?

The tagan 480 is still an excellent psu.

semi-pro waster · 27 May 2006 at 19:33

Unless you are having any problems such as random crashes etc then I'd say the PSU is fine and not to worry about it, no point in changing just for the sake of it.

Noni · 27 May 2006 at 19:33

Nope,

You would be fine even with 6800GT in SLI and a dual core rig.

Roll · 27 May 2006 at 20:24

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated.

At the moment apart from an overclock on the 6800GT to Ultra speeds all the other settings are at stock and the system is 100% stable.

I'll relax then and not worry about the PSU. No point upgrading until the need arises