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PSU Upgrade

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hi guys thought id use some proffessional advice whilst im here.
recently i upgrade my comp with the following:

Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX62 2.80GHz
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX
BFG GeForce 7800 GS OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI
2x Pioneer DVR-112DSV

i also have a 250gb hdd and a floppy drive and 9usb ports that are active
and a 430watt power supply helping to run all of the above.
many people have told me that my current PSU is not good enough to run all these components and that i need atleast a 600w psu and some other people have said that it should work perfectly. So i thought maybe some1 on this forum can tell me if i need to upgrade my psu or not. any info would be much apreciated.
 
Hi, so does your PC run ok? Can it play games without crashing, or run 3d benchmarks ok? If so, do you really need another PSU?
ChrisC
 
What brand is the cpu? Something like antec or seasonic will handle that fine, but if it's a cheapy one, you might well be better off with a new one. Do you know what the PSU rails are like (check using any pc hardware monitoring software)
 
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