380W enough for system?

[htmlmasterdave]

I'd say go with atleast a 430W model, in my experience it just doesn't have enough juice for that kind of setup.

 

[Feep]

i didnt say it was a bad PSU, its just that many of the bundled PSU's are to small for that type of system.

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: Lyfer
Nvidia recommends atleast a 480W PSU. Of course thats for crappy PSU's. The sonata comes with a very reliable/stable Antec TruePower 380W. It should do the job fine. BTW if your friend is spending so much for a new rig why not go with a Nforce 2 250GB board and an Antec Truepower 550W (to be future proof)? It has pci/agp lock, firewall built on the chip, and on chip gigabit lan.

correction: nvidia recommend at least a 480W generic PSU for the 6800 ultra and ultra extreme. They recommend at least a 300-350W generic psu for the GT and lower. there are people running a 3400+ and a 6800 gt inside a shuttle xpc with its 250W psu fine. but, it doesnt hurt to get a 500W psu to be future proof.

 

[Feep]

Originally posted by: jseilkop
I've got a 550Watt Thermaltake. The only things plugged in to my PS are the MB, GPU, CPU H/S Fan, HD, CD & DVD Drive, and Floppy. All case fans had to be unplugged. It wasn't completely stable until I did this... Get the largest PS you can find would be my advice.

if u had to unplug fans to get it to work you have a bad PSU. I'm running way more than that on a thermaltake 550

 

[Sonic587]

Anyone questioning the 350W figure, look here:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2...5/10/news_6096837.html

End of story.

EDIT: And those who are saying 420W/550W Thermaltake PSUs wouldn't run their systems should tell you something: Don't buy a Thermaltake.

 

[imported_pak9rabid]

Originally posted by: dmw16
There is entirly too much PSU hype these days.

-doug

agreed

 

[PizzaDude]

heh a 6800GT for "standard gaming."

Heck, all you need is a GF3

 

[nick1985]

bottom line is anyone who says it isnt enough power is wrong. trust me, you will be fine.

 

[Quasmo]

NEO POWERS ARE AWESOME... The neo powers have 2 12V rails to power more fans HDDs Optical drives.. its sweet they have an 18A rail and a 15A rail

 

[Lokan]

I have an Athlon64 3200+, 160 EIDE HD, DVD Burner, CD Burner, CD Rom, GeForceFX 5900XT (we can't all afford GT's 😛), Floppy, 4 case fans, Audigy 2, 1 gig pc3200 ram. and some other small items, and I have an Enlight 360w running flawlessly. I would hope the Antec would be sufficient.

 

[stickybytes]

So is a antec neopower better or truepower?

 

[mindblogg]

Guess it should work fine with this config. Hope he is not looking for add-ons later which might require more power.