Will my power supply cope?!

[Tazzfalcon]

As you can see from my signature I must be running up pretty close to the limit using my current 460W Coolermaster PSU - especially on the 12V rails.

I am considering spending another £30 on an extra HDD to set up in RAID.

Do you think my PSU can cope with all that - particularly as I’m keen on overclocking the processor to around 3.5-3.6ghz (I’ve also got an Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 in there too).

Advice much appreciated!

 

[Tazzfalcon]

Yeah I reckon you're right - I ran furmark when I installed the 6950 (pre-flash) and it crashed the system due to heat after a couple mins full burn (90 degrees then locked up) I've been using Afterburner to throttle the fan response semi-automatically since then and its keep the temps down - about 60 degrees full load in Dragon Age 2 DX11 highest settings (x4 aa x16 antiscopic) Full HD - over 1 hour continuous play.

The PSU does make a bit of a whining noise though.

Could anyone recommend something under £70 as a replacement?

 

[Tazzfalcon]

Slightly over £70 but these are very nice and due in a couple of days http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Would this be able to cope with another 6950 at some point when they come down in price?

Cheers for the tips.