Enermax Liberty 500w or 620w?

[DaveGT]

Hi,

Recently built my system and it worked fine for 7 days and then the liberty 500w died. I am getting a refund, wondering - should I spend the extra and get the 620w or will the 500w do the job and I just got a dodgey 1?

It begs the question - why did it die and I was wondering if I pushed it to far. I thought It would be able to cope with my system and an overclocked CPU but I am not so sure now.

System Specs:

E6400 with Stock cooler
GA-965P-DS3 @F7 BIOS
GEIL 2X512MB PC2-6400 CAS3 (running at 2.0v)
1 x Sata HDD 1 x IDE 7200RPM HDD 1 x floppy
1 x DVD RW 1 x DVD-ROM
Coolermaster Mystique 632 case (2x 120mm fans)
3 x USB devices attached
Enermax Liberty 500w
X1950PRO

I did a trial overclocking to 3.2Ghz (didn't need to increase voltage), 4-4-4-12 800Mhz Ram. The system was stable but I wasn't happy with the CPU temperature so I returned it to stock until I get a better CPU cooler.

Will the 500w liberty be able to cope with this system, including overclocking and running the CPU at 100% for hours (prime95)?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[PinkFloyd]

I'd say that was a dodgy one...
500W shouldn't cave in to that.

 

[DaveGT]

Thanks for the reply.

In your opinon but; would you spend the extra 30quid or would you be happy/confident with a 500w Liberty for that system?

 

[Tony Williams]

500W would work, however the 620W would leave room for the future, more power hungry componants.

 

[hp7909]

Lightning could... this instead?

 

[Snapshot]

I'm running a similar system with an X1650Pro rather than the X1950 on a 400W Liberty so the 500W should be ample. But, as the others have said, the 620W will leave you more headroom for the future.

Jonathan

 

[psumann]

The Enermax Liberty is a good PSU, but it's based on older standards. I'd recommend you get a Corsair HX or Seasonic M12 instead, which are quieter, stronger 12V rail and more efficient.