I hav an Antck Blue 480 watt Power supply Can I use it in Abit IP35-E with Q6600 Processor with a super heatsink cooler

[TungFree]

I hav an Antck Blue 480 watt Power supply Can I use it in Abit IP35-E with Q6600 Processor with a super heatsink cooler, a hard drive, DVD burner 2gig ram no games but may overclock to 3.0 from 2.6 ghz.

This power supply is only less than 2 years old. Has 20 pins plug, and a 4 pin 12 Volt plug.

 

[TungFree]

Bump

 

[myocardia]

If you're only going to be using a $50 video card, it might work. Since psu only has 22A max on the 12v rail, it isn't going to power much of a video card.

 

[TungFree]

Thank you.

On the other hand how many amps will a 24 pin power supply of about 480 watt put out?

most circuits in a home when wired with # 12 wires and most of the single circuits are wired for a 15 amp fuse while the # 12 wire can carry 20Amps max. so 22A seems very robust, but I am not up to date on Amperages used in computers and for what use.

Can anyone add more to this?

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: TungFree
Thank you.

On the other hand how many amps will a 24 pin power supply of about 480 watt put out?

most circuits in a home when wired with # 12 wires and most of the single circuits are wired for a 15 amp fuse while the # 12 wire can carry 20Amps max. so 22A seems very robust, but I am not up to date on Amperages used in computers and for what use.

Can anyone add more to this?

22A on +12V = 264W DC

480W-264W = 116W other voltages

At max load of 480W on the PSU, assuming 70% efficiency you'd be drawing 685.7W AC from the wall socket.

685.7W / 120V = 5.71A

I may have made a mistake somewhere due to sleepiness, but this should be approximately correct.

 

[IEC]

Also, what's up with the "True Blue 480W" having only 22A on the +12V? Must have too much on the +5V....

My Antec "True 430W" has 28A on the +12V... still serving me well 4+ years later.

 

[tomoyo]

Originally posted by: TungFree
I hav an Antck Blue 480 watt Power supply Can I use it in Abit IP35-E with Q6600 Processor with a super heatsink cooler, a hard drive, DVD burner 2gig ram no games but may overclock to 3.0 from 2.6 ghz.

This power supply is only less than 2 years old. Has 20 pins plug, and a 4 pin 12 Volt plug.

I would definitely not recommend this psu. It may be 2 years old..but you're talking about 4-5 year old design. Also I suspect there are some pretty poor capacitors in this psu. Time to get a modern ATX 2.2 psu, something like either a new antec earthwatts/neohe/etc, or get a nice model from seasonic/corsair/etc. Any high quality 400-450w based on modern standards will suit you fine.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: tomoyo

Originally posted by: TungFree
I hav an Antck Blue 480 watt Power supply Can I use it in Abit IP35-E with Q6600 Processor with a super heatsink cooler, a hard drive, DVD burner 2gig ram no games but may overclock to 3.0 from 2.6 ghz.

This power supply is only less than 2 years old. Has 20 pins plug, and a 4 pin 12 Volt plug.

I would definitely not recommend this psu. It may be 2 years old..but you're talking about 4-5 year old design. Also I suspect there are some pretty poor capacitors in this psu. Time to get a modern ATX 2.2 psu, something like either a new antec earthwatts/neohe/etc, or get a nice model from seasonic/corsair/etc. Any high quality 400-450w based on modern standards will suit you fine.

The real reason why this PSU is probably not going to cut it is the +12V amperage maximum is too low, as I previously stated.

OP should look at the list of recommended PSUs at jonnyGURU.com's forums for ideas about which PSU would suit his needs.