PSU Enough to Handle this?

Willbo · 18 Oct 2008 at 14:41

Hey guys, I know I posted a few days back about my PSU but found out I put the wrong PSU, I actually have an Enermal Liberty 500W PSU.

Is this enough to handle an E8400 CPU, 4GB memory, Blu-Ray Drive, 2 Velociraptors in raid, with a 320gb & 500gb Drives for backup, and at the moment a HD4870 GFX...although soon to be eitherer a HD4870X2 or GTX 280

toucam · 18 Oct 2008 at 15:00

It should be okay but I think it's not ideal to run your PSU at close to 100% (when gaming) for a prolong period of time. I've seen others running 4870 with Corsair 520 fine but with 4870X2, upgrade your PSU is recommended.

I would upgrade PSU if I were you though, a PC Power Cooling 750W would last you a long time.

acccc · 18 Oct 2008 at 16:06

even the Corsair 650w could suit you perfectly.

Willbo · 18 Oct 2008 at 16:50

I'd ideally like to keep with the modular design so dont have to have loads of cables in my case

Guardsmon · 18 Oct 2008 at 17:12

buy a pair of scissors

EsaT · 18 Oct 2008 at 19:20

Even with 4870X2 max peak draw won't be much much above ~350W.

Willbo · 18 Oct 2008 at 20:03

EsaT said:
Even with 4870X2 max peak draw won't be much much above ~350W.

So in theory my 500W PSU Should be ok?

EsaT · 18 Oct 2008 at 21:18

Yep, assuming current limiters won't mess things.
You might just need to use some adapters for powering that crossfire card.

Thanh55 · 18 Oct 2008 at 21:27

It wil be a nightmare when you overclock your cpu and your PSU game over, get a bit more power for a stable and future upgrade.

Willbo · 18 Oct 2008 at 21:52

What modular PSU Would you all recommend?

RJC · 18 Oct 2008 at 21:57

Clicky

Willbo · 18 Oct 2008 at 22:11

Will that be powerful enough to cope with an X2 and OC'ing if I can ever get it right? lol

RJC · 18 Oct 2008 at 22:15

PSU will be plenty, just done a quick estimate at extreme psu they show up at 460w with cpu overclocked at 4ghz.

Thanh55 · 18 Oct 2008 at 22:18

600+ if you are sensible, 800+ for long term.

decto · 19 Oct 2008 at 11:56

Your liberty 500W has a 12V output of 384W.

It will be fine with a single 4870 but should you go X2 you'll be looking for a bigger unit

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Willbo · 20 Oct 2008 at 10:12

Think will look at getting a new PSU in the next few weeks just to be safe...probably 650W + for long term use

Willbo · 20 Oct 2008 at 17:29

How does the Enermax Infiniti 720W EIN720AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU rate? I've got an Enermax at the moment and I rate them very highly