is my psu powerful enough?

MichaelHo

MichaelHo

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Hi,
Planning a little upgrade of a pretty weak system (2500+ sempron, riva tnt2 gfx). Going to run a amd 64 3500+, 7600 gt xxx pci-e gfx card, 1 gig ram and most likely 2 HDD.
Currently have a 400W psu which came with a case (icute) i previously had. My question is if this psu is powerful enough to run my upgraded set up? Also I'm getting a antec p180 case, as the psu compartment is at the bottom of the case and the motherboard will not be situated upside down I don't think the motherboard psu wire will be long enough, what can i do?

Any help appreciated.

Michael.
 
BAMBI said:
It could posibly be enough, but would be border line, im not expecting more then 17a on the 12v rail. Can you give us the rail specifications of the PSU?
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This is what is says on the psu
Voltage:
DC: +3.3V, +5V, +12V
Output: 20A, 40A, 18A

Any good?

I may be able to get an AKASA Paxpower 460w PSU for around £20-£25, would this be much better? However I don't really want to spend much more on this set up as it not really my main rig, so if the icute one is sufficient I'll stick with that.
 
MichaelHo said:
This is what is says on the psu
Voltage:
DC: +3.3V, +5V, +12V
Output: 20A, 40A, 18A

Any good?

I may be able to get an AKASA Paxpower 460w PSU for around £20-£25, would this be much better? However I don't really want to spend much more on this set up as it not really my main rig, so if the icute one is sufficient I'll stick with that.
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You will prob be able to get away with it since the 7600GT doesnt need so much power.
 
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