Quick PC Power question please

AssaTM

AssaTM

AssaTM

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Hello all, I recently bought a Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H AMD 880G with a Phenom II 555 and 4 gigs of RAM, I had a Corsair CX 400w Power Supply from a few months ago and I figured given i'm using the Integrated graphics right now until I buy a GFX Card, that the 400w would be more than enough, but as I was reading the Motherboard manual it recommends a 500w Power Supply, i'm guessing thats to cover for if a PCI Express graphics card is being used but I just want to make sure that the 400w PSU would be more than enough for now on the Integrated Graphics? if not then i'll have to upgrade the power supply, I tested the PC and it runs fine etc but i'd like to make sure anyway even though I cant see how an Integrated Graphics Chip would ever need anything near 400w, but any help would be greatly appreciated anyway, thank you for your time :)
 
Ahh thank you, I thought i'd make sure before I play any older games on it thats all, I was confident 400w would be enough but it's best to make sure, and thank you for the help :D
 
Ahh thank you, thats definitely real nice to hear then :) and yeh I tried the Core Unlocking feature but unfortunately theres a few threads saying that for some people the board doesnt seem to even attempt to unlock the cores, and mine didnt really seem to try at all either, so i'm gonna update the Bios once I have Windows installed and then give it another try then, because it would definitely be nice to have 2 extra cores unlocked but even if it cant i'm still more than happy with the processor for sure :) but hopefully the new Bios can unlock the cores, lets hope so anyway :), and thank you for the help again, it's definitely appreciated
 
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