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Power supply good enough?

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Power Supply Spec.
AC INPUT 115V/230V - 60/50Hz
DC OUTPUT +3.3V +5V +12V1 +12V2 -12V -5V +5VSB
420W Max
Combined
Watts 31A 29A 14A 16A 0.8A 0.3A 2.0A
420W
 
Originally posted by: Howard
What brand and model? I wouldn't use a generic brand no matter how much power it claimed to put out.
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Isn't the recommended wattage also 450w?... I thought it was... Or at least 400w.
 
Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Originally posted by: Howard
What brand and model? I wouldn't use a generic brand no matter how much power it claimed to put out.
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Isn't the recommended wattage also 450w?... I thought it was... Or at least 400w.
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The number on the sticker on the PSU is just that - a number. Who knows what it really puts out, and with what regulation?

Besides, every PC has a different power requirement.
 
Ignore the 450W recomendation, it's balls. As long as you've got enough juice on the 12V rails you're fine.

Looks alright to me.
 
Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Ignore the 450W recomendation, it's balls. As long as you've got enough juice on the 12V rails you're fine.

Looks alright to me.
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I always hate when you post that :laugh:

for 7900GT in SLi (which he won't so yes you can ignore it), a 450w PSU with 26 amps on the +12v is recommended.
 
Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Ignore the 450W recomendation, it's balls. As long as you've got enough juice on the 12V rails you're fine.

Looks alright to me.
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I always hate when you post that :laugh:

for 7900GT in SLi (which he won't so yes you can ignore it), a 450w PSU with 26 amps on the +12v is recommended.
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Well it is 😛

For SLI more power would be needed.
 
I am running 2 optical drives, 1 hard drive, 4 case fans, 2 cold cathode lights, AMD X2 4400+, 2 gigs of ram, 7800GT which consumes more power than the 7900GT, and this is all on a 420watt GENERIC PSU that came with my case.

People only make public their horror stories, never their success ones. Everyone always gets their panties in a bunch about power supplies.

The fact is, word spreads around that the PSU is the most important part, and everyoen gets scared and never tries a generic psu. People are all afraid of the generic psu not working, because one person had a problem with it, and nobody tries them.

Screw power supply, that will work fine.

I have 1 12 volt rail, with 13 on it. My PSU blows.

@ all those who spent lots on money on PSU's, blow me. I didn't spend any and it is working fine.

@ all those who are going to flame me, go ahead to make yourselves feel better, but I won't be checking this thread again 🙂
 
Originally posted by: AliasX
I am running 2 optical drives, 1 hard drive, 4 case fans, 2 cold cathode lights, AMD X2 4400+, 2 gigs of ram, 7800GT which consumes more power than the 7900GT, and this is all on a 420watt GENERIC PSU that came with my case.

People only make public their horror stories, never their success ones. Everyone always gets their panties in a bunch about power supplies.

The fact is, word spreads around that the PSU is the most important part, and everyoen gets scared and never tries a generic psu. People are all afraid of the generic psu not working, because one person had a problem with it, and nobody tries them.

Screw power supply, that will work fine.

I have 1 12 volt rail, with 13 on it. My PSU blows.

@ all those who spent lots on money on PSU's, blow me. I didn't spend any and it is working fine.

@ all those who are going to flame me, go ahead to make yourselves feel better, but I won't be checking this thread again 🙂
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Ever measured the voltage rails when you load it up? 😉

See how out of wack they get. When your computer fries or data gets corrupted because of voltage irregularities [and this does happen. Plugging in a fan can kill your HDD because of the flux 😉 Imagine what loading an entire computer can do!], and you blame it on overclocking... heh.

I've been down that path before.
--Trevor

Edit: @ OP.

Looks fine, provided you don't have 3 or so optical drives and 2 HDDs and a Xaser III type case with ~8 120mm fans. Heh.

Though it'd still be nice to know the brand.
 
Originally posted by: AliasX
I am running 2 optical drives, 1 hard drive, 4 case fans, 2 cold cathode lights, AMD X2 4400+, 2 gigs of ram, 7800GT which consumes more power than the 7900GT, and this is all on a 420watt GENERIC PSU that came with my case.

People only make public their horror stories, never their success ones. Everyone always gets their panties in a bunch about power supplies.

The fact is, word spreads around that the PSU is the most important part, and everyoen gets scared and never tries a generic psu. People are all afraid of the generic psu not working, because one person had a problem with it, and nobody tries them.

Screw power supply, that will work fine.

I have 1 12 volt rail, with 13 on it. My PSU blows.

@ all those who spent lots on money on PSU's, blow me. I didn't spend any and it is working fine.

@ all those who are going to flame me, go ahead to make yourselves feel better, but I won't be checking this thread again 🙂
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You got lucky. 🙂

After changing to a generic 400W PSU, and I have to undervolt my Athlon XP 1700+ just to make it run stable with a 166 FSB @ 1.5GHz. The HEC 300W PSU before can run it at 1.83GHz/166 FSB at stock voltage with no problem, even after adding a 9800 Pro.
 
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