is my PSU up to it!

ecclesk · 15 May 2006 at 15:20

I have an Antec 350w Smart power PSU and it currently running a 3Ghz P4 478, 6600GT, 2 hard drives, 2 optical drives without problems but i'm thinking about overclocking the gfx card and cpu i know the 350w is more than likey on the borderline but how can i tell how far i can push it, what should i be looking for?

any ideas?

semi-pro waster · 15 May 2006 at 15:23

I think you are right about being borderline, there is no surefire way to tell, PSU calculators might give a rough idea but I'd be more inclined to check your voltage rails in a hardware monitoring program such as motherboard monitor. If there are any significant fluctuations then you are probably overloading your PSU.

Captain Fizz · 15 May 2006 at 15:51

Its an Antec PSU - You should be fine for Overclocking with that IMHO.

If you notice stability issues appearing, then reduce the clocks a bit.

Remember than an Antec 350W is equivalent to a 600W Q-Tec!

benjo · 15 May 2006 at 15:54

I guessed the rest of your spec and used the PSU calculator here http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

With my guess setup, you've got 45w inc your graphics overclocked... So it should be ok?

ecclesk · 16 May 2006 at 08:59

thanks for the advice.

I'm now running the 3Ghz P4 at 3.2Ghz and i've overclocked the graphics cardaround 10%, Have monitored the voltages while benchmarking and gaming and they seem to be very stable.