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Steg55

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I am building a machine for a client and basiclly i want to know if a 350w PSU will cope with the following :
Athlon 64 3500+
Asus A8V
1Gb Corsair Value RAM
9800Pro
SATA 160Gig HDD + DVD/RW Drives
A few fans etc.

The budget is very limited and if I don't go for a decent Casetek 350w PSU the other option is a REALLY cheap ebuyer or qtec 500w PSU (about £20) - which simply cant be good quality

The machine will not be overclocked, will probebly never be put under the stress of heavy gaming - its just got to run word and do some video editing every now and then

Steg
 
I would advise against overclocking with a 350W PSU. you'd want 18A or more on your +12V rail. Maybe 15A if you're really that tight on the budget.

But still, I don't think it's ever a good idea to go that cheap out on a PSU unless you like random reboots when the computer is stressed.
 
Cheap-o or generic PSU's are -never- a good idea.

Don't go for the 3500+ and get a 3200+ instead if you have to. Having that PSU mess up the system, cause random lockups, etc. etc. isn't worth it.
 
Originally posted by: beatle
Originally posted by: tterris
video editting, which i dont think requires a 3200 + cpu.
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Video cards have zero impact on video editing. It's all CPU.
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Unless you offload all your video compression/decompression to de/encoder cards.

It's a very complex question and not enough info about the environment and intended use has been given.
 
Get a cheaper video card and use the money you save on some better PSU from Enermax, Antec, Sparkle, Fortron, Seasonic or any of the other big names.
 
Get the forton 350watt from newegg with the 120mm fan. They're a pretty rugged beast and only cost like $45 shipped. And sacrifice on video card or something to cover the cost. You really wouldn't be doing a machine like that justice without at least putting a quality PSU in it.
 
Fella look at your pc specs. GET a good quality 500 watt PSU. Just tring to save you problems down the line. You can pay out a little more now or a lot more later your decision
 
No he does not need 500Watt for video editing.

Just get a Seasonic 400Watt Super Tornado, or an OCZ Powerstream series PSU. If those are too much always take a look at Antec, and Enermax.

I agree though get a 3200+ you wont need a 3500+ and it is IMO not worth the money (for your purposes) over the 3200+.

-Kevin
 
THe reason I suggested the 500 watt PSU is that he may upgdade say a nvidia 6800 ultra or something like that and yes he will need 500 watts of power. Always try to look into the future. I hate it cost me money when I don't
 
But still at PEAK power consumption that is MAX IIRC the 6800UE uses 112Watt. The processor if AMD uses a MAX of ~160 watts and Intel a max of ~220. Then you average in the reest of the maxes and you get peak power consumption which is unattanaible as you cannot equally stress all components at once.

I see your point though (ie future proofness). If hes worried about money and wants to save a little just go with a good 400Watt. It is a fact that the Seasonic can hold steady for a LONG time at ~420-400. The OCZ 420 can hold at 520 for a couple of minutes (haven't heard any try for any longer though).

-Kevin
 
Power supplies are overrated..... it seems like the magic bullet of late is "want more 3DMarks? Get a $300 600 watt power supply! Can't get too much power....."

Bleeshers; my first ever power supply was a Deer 300 watt which came in a generic case. It's still running fine to this day and has been on 24/7 nearly what.... 4 years?
 
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