Is my psu enough? (upgrades)

oxygene · 25 Aug 2008 at 15:13

Ok its pretty simple atm. I have am amd phenom, 8gb ram, 7900gtx, and 6hds. thinking of getting 2 more hds. I currently have a 650w psu. Is this enough?

Tetras · 25 Aug 2008 at 15:15

Should be yes, what brand and model is it?

The most obvious question before you start is do you have enough SATA (or molex if IDE or molex powered SATA drives) power connectors?

Ben M · 25 Aug 2008 at 15:17

HDD dirves will use about 8-12W each.

yes your psu will be fine.

oxygene · 25 Aug 2008 at 15:21

I have an arm full of sata converters (power), power splitters, and sata data cables lying around because I have them left over from other mobos, so yeah luckily

also the mobo only has 2 sata connectors but I have some pci cards. One I am using atm does full sataII, the other I will use for these is only sataI, but I will put some full hds on those and the new empties on the mobo.

PhoenixUK · 25 Aug 2008 at 15:46

plenty if its good brand one otherwise i will consider something good like thermaltake/enermax/tagan/seasonic/corsair and such, not even for the power but for safety. I wouldnt run 8HDDs on cheap PSU, if it dies it will take all of them with it.