PSU advice, use old, new, or new2

illinfinite

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Mar 23, 2008
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Hello,

New to the forums, and need help with my new build =)

About 2 years ago (summer 06) I replaced my old system's psu with a PC power & Cooling 610W Silencer. I believe it is still the same one as the one being sold now since the model # is the same. Love this PSU!

Now I am building a new system (waiting for some parts hope it all works):

Gigabyte GA-EX38-DQ6
Q6600 (wanna try and OC to 3.0)
Arctic Freezer 7 pro
Mushkin 2gbx2
EVGA 8800GTS (got it for 200 from a return, hopefully it still works =))
1 x SATA HDD
1 x DVD-RW

I recently just bought a Cooler Master 690 with 550 PSU. My plan was to swap my olds system's psu with the one that came with the cooler master.

I would like to add another Hard drive and a sound card.

Would my PCPower 610W be enough to push the system and handle those two upgrades in the future?

Is it ok to use a 2 year old power supply in a new system?

If not should I just return the case, buy one without a psu, and just grab a totally new psu?



 

mpilchfamily

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Jun 11, 2007
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The PC P&C unit is going to be allot better then the one that came with your case. It has more then enough power to support the upgrades you have in mind. If you run into a problem with the PSU you can always contact PC P&C about it and they might rebuild it for you. They are known for having a great warranty service like that. i just hope things haven't changed since the merger with OCZ.