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Is my Antec 500 enough for this proposed build?

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blackrain

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This is the build that I am working on, but haven't bought the case yet:

MSI 785GT-E63
AMD X2 555 BE (all 4 cores unlocked)
2 GB memory
SAPPHIRE 100284L Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Antec Nine Hundred
2 HDs
1 DVD burner


I bought a 500W Antec PSU at staples via this deal:
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1984858

I think it is this PSU?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371007


I am wondering if this PSU will be enough given all of the extra fans in the Antec Nine Hundred case. Also, I may OC a little bit down the road (I won't take the CPU above 3.6 Ghz)
 
Ayah said:
They're not the greatest PSUs but definitely more capacity than you need.
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I thought Antec was a good brand. Obviously not at the level of a Corsair, but it's not going to fry my components right? By the way, is it true that these are made by Delta? If so, is that a good manufacturer?


Here is what one Newegg reviewer had to say about Delta:

Pros: I just want to add briefly to my previous review below that some reviewers seemed disappointed, and one even said "Buyers Beware" and gave the EA500D version of this PS one egg, because its made by Delta and not Seasonic. What they didn't tell you in those reviews is Delta may not be distributed widely for the retail market here in the U.S., but they are an award winning manufacturer of power supplies and related hardware and technology around the world. And they hold a whopping 50% GLOBAL market share in the the high end server and workstation sector. They manufacture 13 PS's with 80% efficiency ratings, and they are working on bringing to the mainstream PS's which will have 90% ratings. If they can do that I think they can handle this little 500w Antec deal for our home PC's 🙂
Cons: Reviewers that don't do their research before writing reviews
Other Thoughts: This is a great supply by a great company that stands by their product. And if you get the "D" version it has 22Amps on both 12v rails. Don't let misinformation turn you away from this supply. Its a quality product all the way. Do you really think Antec would have Delta make these if they didn't know how and weren't good at it? Nope, me neither.
 
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The 500D is just fine. Delta does make some really good PSUs, but the will also make some not so great PSUs if the company selling them orders them like that.

The EA500D is a very good PSU though...just as good as pretty much any other 500W consumer PSU.
 
You could easily power TWO of those computers with that 500watt...

If you haven't bought it yet, I'd recommend the Corsair 400w though there's nothing wrong with that Antec.
 
TemjinGold said:
You could easily power TWO of those computers with that 500watt...

If you haven't bought it yet, I'd recommend the Corsair 400w though there's nothing wrong with that Antec.
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I thought the 5750 required a 450W power supply. So isn't 500W just a little bit more than required?
 
I thought the 5750 required a 450W power supply.
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You thought wrong, though it's not your fault. 😉

ATI recommends a 450W power supply for the 5750, it's true. But that is to cover the possibility of a low-quality PSU which overstates its output capabilities. Also note the 450W estimate is for the entire PC; the 5750 itself pulls about 84W at load.

A 500W PSU from a quality brand like Antec, Corsair, etc. is more than sufficient for the job.
 
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blackrain said:
I thought the 5750 required a 450W power supply. So isn't 500W just a little bit more than required?
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Back in the day, PSUs had most of their power on the +3.3V and +5V rails, with a piddly amount on the +12V because devices back then pulled from the former. These days, PSUs are balanced the other way (most of the power is on the +12V now) because modern cards pull from the latter. That 450W recommendation basically covers them in case someone is using either a really old PSU or a really crappy brand (i.e. there was a thread here about a 1050watt PSU that literally blew up when the reviewers tried to use more than half of the rated wattage.) An excellent quality unit will have no problems actually putting out their rating and more. With the specs listed, that PSU will indeed run 2 of those systems at once if it had the plugs with power to spare.
 
Thanks for everyone's replies. One more question. I picked up one more of these further discounted. Was thinking of throwing it in my other PC, but it is an ever less power hungry machine....only has an 8400GS for a video card, 1-2 HDDs, and a E7400. Probably won't overclock. Is there any disadvantage or problem with using a power supply with too much power (i.e., is there a problem with overkill?). Or it doesn't really matter. I'de like to throw it in now because who knows what the upgrade path might be.
 
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