Will my Akasa power this upgrade?

nade · 22 Feb 2007 at 14:24

Hi,

I'm planning an upgrade, i've had my current setup for about 2 years now. And after installing Supreme Commander and playing for a short time, I think it has had it's day

Anyway, i'm planning on buying the following:

Core 2 Duo E6600
Asus P5N-E
OCZ 2GB PC2-6400

And possibly a 8800 GTS. But the 8800 depends on if I need to buy a bigger PSU.

Currently I have an Akasa, I think it's the Ultra Quiet 460W unit, however, i'm not 100% sure, I'm gonna check when I get home.

I'm worried about 2 things, will it have enough juice to power the above kit, and then a 8800GTS once i've got the cash.

Thanks

semi-pro waster · 22 Feb 2007 at 14:28

If it is the 460w then it should be fine with the Conroe, the 8800 I'm not so sure about, I think it would just about cope but you'd need to check that it still has good rails and that you have upwards of probably 24A on the 12v rail.

EvilGrin · 22 Feb 2007 at 14:45

I just upgraded to the same spec as you're thinking about and funnily enough I had the same Akasa psu in my old rig, but I thought caution was the best part of valor and decided to upgrade the PSU to a 520w Corsair. Considering the expense of the components, the risk of having a sub-par psu just isn't worth it imo! The corsair is rock solid, pleased with my investment!

nade · 22 Feb 2007 at 14:57

Hmm, I was considering the Corsair 520w.

Out of interest EvilGrin, what cooler are you using with the C2D? The standard Intel cooler?

I was considering getting a decent cooler, but concerned about the large looking heatsink on the mobo chipset fouling the cooler.

EvilGrin · 22 Feb 2007 at 15:04

nade said:
Hmm, I was considering the Corsair 520w.

Out of interest EvilGrin, what cooler are you using with the C2D? The standard Intel cooler?

I was considering getting a decent cooler, but concerned about the large looking heatsink on the mobo chipset fouling the cooler.

Have the Tuniq tower with my E6300 on the P5N-E SLi, have her overclocked to 3.3 GHz (roughly 475 FSB), there weren't any problems fitting the tuniq (you might need someone to help you though its quite awkward), the retention bracket was a little tight with some capacitors, but not too tight.

nade · 22 Feb 2007 at 15:06

That cooler is huge! Do you have a fan attached, or just using the cooler/heatsink on it's own?

EvilGrin · 22 Feb 2007 at 15:14

nade said:
That cooler is huge! Do you have a fan attached, or just using the cooler/heatsink on it's own?

It has a 120mm fan set inside it

Have a few pics of the rig in these two posts: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8682748&postcount=472 http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8683244&postcount=478

The 120 mm fan in the tuniq sits underneath the black plate at the top in the centre of the heatsink, and sends the hot air from the cpu out to the rear 120mm exhaust fan in my case.

nade · 22 Feb 2007 at 15:28

EvilGrin said:
It has a 120mm fan set inside it Have a few pics of the rig in these two posts: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8682748&postcount=472 http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8683244&postcount=478

The 120 mm fan in the tuniq sits underneath the black plate at the top in the centre of the heatsink, and sends the hot air from the cpu out to the rear 120mm exhaust fan in my case.

Ahh! Nice.

Can't believe I didn't see it saying in the description that it has a fan! Thanks