500W Power supply enough for this system?

[napes22]

Motherboard: Foxconn AM2 C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H
PCU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+
RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 1GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Vid: HIS Hightech Radeon X800GTO IceQ II Turbo 256MB
Case: Lian-Li PC-7B Plus II
HDs: 2 10k SATA Raptors (plan to run Raid-0)
1 7200 SATA Seagate
DVD: SAMSUNG SH-S162L Burner with Litescribe (why not)

Or should I go for a 600W powersource. I've read the AMD dual cores require more power.

 

[Ricemarine]

You can pass off an Antec Smartpower 500w...

But you can't compare Ultra to Enermax since they're in their own leagues.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Yeah.... you might be using an X2 CPU there, but the video card is really the ultimate determining factor.

Not sure I would be suggesting an Antec Smartpower, but you don't need a lot of juice with that X800.

If you're considering that X-Finity 500W because of that big rebate deal they have going on, that'll be more than enough power.

 

[napes22]

I decided to bump up the Video cart to a HIS x1800GTO - The setup now looks like this. Is the 500W enermax Liberty still enough wattage?

Motherboard: Foxconn AM2 C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H
PCU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+
RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 1GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Vid: HIS Hightech Radeon X1800GTO
Case: Lian-Li PC-7B Plus II
HDs: 2 10k SATA Raptors (plan to run Raid-0)
1 7200 SATA Seagate
DVD: SAMSUNG SH-S162L Burner with Litescribe (why not)

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: napes22
I decided to bump up the Video cart to a HIS x1800GTO - The setup now looks like this. Is the 500W enermax Liberty still enough wattage?

Motherboard: Foxconn AM2 C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H
PCU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+
RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 1GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Vid: HIS Hightech Radeon X1800GTO
Case: Lian-Li PC-7B Plus II
HDs: 2 10k SATA Raptors (plan to run Raid-0)
1 7200 SATA Seagate
DVD: SAMSUNG SH-S162L Burner with Litescribe (why not)

The enermax liberty 500w was always able to support that.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

The enermax liberty 500w was always able to support that.

QFT

Call us when you do Crossfire.

Seriously, if you do a quality 500W and up (not an ATNG or Deer, etc) you're going to be fine no matter what.