i5 750 mATX mb with an old psu with 20a on the 12v rail?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

i have an old school thermaltake psu lying around.
it's got 20a on the 12v rail i believe.

system is going to have:
gigabyte p55-ud2 board
2x2gb ddr3
ati 3450
1 hdd
1 dvd

should i do it?

 

[Mide]

It'll either work or not/crash/blue

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

cool, as long as it doesn't break anything.
i'll give it a shot.

 

[shaftymcnasty]

Easily not enough power to run the rig. I wouldn't even think about it to be honest

 

[bigboxes]

I'll assume you meant 20A (amp). Any more info on that old psu?

 

[mpilchfamily]

The PSU will be insufficient for your needs. It will likely fail on you and when it does so there is a good cahnce it will damage something else in the system.

 

[HOOfan 1]

As stated above, I would assume that means 20A(240W). Even if it works, you would be cutting it close. I would buy a new PSU to go with an i5 quad core if I were you.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

should've heeded warning.
the motherboard went up in smoke.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

probably shouldn't have used that 20 to 24 pin adapter and molex to 8 pin adapter either.

 

[MrK6]

Duh? Another fine example of people buying new parts and destroying them because they overlooked the most important part in a system: the PSU.

 

[Ayah]

Don't forget, old Thermaltakes were pretty much the equivilent of generic PSUs.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

I'll assume you meant 20A (amp). Any more info on that old psu?

it was actually just 18A on the 12v.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Duh? Another fine example of people buying new parts and destroying them because they overlooked the most important part in a system: the PSU.

ok, i was jk... i didn't actually try.
going to use a ocz 600 watter.