PSU Question

[TW]Fox · 11 Nov 2008 at 19:17

Hi guys,

Got an Enermax Liberty 400W PSU in another machine. I'm looking to upgrade that machine to a Core2Duo setup with my old 8800GT 512Mb in it.

Will it handle this?

Pilky01 · 11 Nov 2008 at 19:20

RJC · 11 Nov 2008 at 19:22

What CPU are you thinking of, just done a quick recky on PSU calcualtor with an Q6600 this come out at 350w - this is just ruff estimate.

[TW]Fox · 11 Nov 2008 at 19:50

No idea, a cheap E4300 off members market or something. It's only a secondary machine.

Pilky01 · 11 Nov 2008 at 19:51

I ran a 4800x2 and a 8800gt of a 350w

Strife212 · 11 Nov 2008 at 20:01

Ooops..wrong topic!

JTrickle · 11 Nov 2008 at 22:53

Pilky01 said:
I ran a 4800x2 and a 8800gt of a 350w

I ran a 4600x2 and a 4850 off an Enermax 350W for a month. It blew.

I should probably mention the 6 years prior long service. But I'm sure it would have still been here if it had kept to its previous <200W max loads.

p4radox · 12 Nov 2008 at 00:18

As long as you don't run a stupid number of hard drives you'll be fine. 400W should be plenty for a medium spec Core 2 Duo system.

I built an overclocked E2160 and 8800GTS system using an Antec 380W, and there were no problems there.