350W PSU for Athlon64?

[coolchan]

My Antec Sonata 380W PSU just kinda died. I just ordered the new Nexus 350W.
Will this be enough power for a Athlon64 3200+, when I upgrade i the near future?

After reading the review of 3400+, I'm having second thoughts.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1946&p=3

The reviewer wrote the following comment:
"Our standard test setup uses a 350-watt PowMax power supply because it is typical of a good quality power supply from a typical components or "white-box" dealer. The 3400+ would not run with complete stability on this 350-watt PS. We ended up moving to a 430-watt Antec True Power, which was one of the top performers in our Power Supply roundup, to get stable performance with the 3400+. The 3400+, in our experience, requires a good PS rated at least an honest 400 watts."

Anyone would like to share their experience or thoughts?

 

[myocardia]

Even though I have no experience yet with an Athlon64, I would highly recommend the Antec TruePower 430 for use with any system. The Antecs are stable, have many features most users would want, and are a very good deal compared to other brands who make psu's that are of as high quality. That's my 2 cents, anyway.

 

[hytek369]

i think you may want to go higher (like 450watts) to be safe. these processors suck up to 90watts alone

 

[SilverBack]

Anandtech posted an article tonight about just this problem.


None of the reviews that we have seen have really said much about the power requirements of the 3400+. Our standard test setup uses a 350-watt PowMax power supply because it is typical of a good quality power supply from a typical components or "white-box" dealer. The 3400+ would not run with complete stability on this 350-watt PS. We ended up moving to a 430-watt Antec True Power, which was one of the top performers in our Power Supply roundup, to get stable performance with the 3400+.

Although you don't have a 3400+ it's quite possible you could still have problems.