PSU good enough for CPU upgrade?

Baldrick1001 · 5 May 2010 at 20:42

I have just purchased a Q9650 to upgrade my Q6600 - I'm going to donate my old chip to my daughter - I just need to check whether her existing PSU is going to be good enough
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Current Specs

Intel e6300 (1.86 version)
Gigabyte G41-E2SL
2gig Geil DDR2 RAm (2 X sticks)
1 X 7900GS - with aftermarket cooler
2 X 120mm fans
1 X spot cooler for Northbridge
1 X Sony DVDRW
1 X Coolermaster Mystique 631 case
Akasa PaxPower 400W Ultra Quiet Power Supply (3ish years old)

The only thing I am changing is the CPU

Many thanks

Baldrick

gurusan · 5 May 2010 at 20:58

if running at stock I would say yes.

stulid · 5 May 2010 at 21:00

I reckon it will be fine too.

Corasik · 5 May 2010 at 21:52

Q6600 isnt THAT bad a power hog, and the 7900GS is a power efficient card. 400W will be more than enough, even with a light to moderate overclock.

Save the PSU upgrade for the day you have an old GPU to upgrade your daughters PC.

Baldrick1001 · 5 May 2010 at 22:35

cheers all - I'll crack on then..

Ta

Kennysevenfold · 5 May 2010 at 22:37

More than enough mate, good luck