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PSU for 939, DFI Lanparty, 7800GTX(?)

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acole1

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I am looking to upgrade very soon from my old Athlon 2800+ to an Athlon64 4000+ and an X850XT PE, 7800GTX, or X1800 (if it ever comes out 😛), and I'm wondering if my current PSU will support all that I have....

Right now I have an Antec SmartBlue 350 (350 Watt) running: 4x 90mm fans, 1x 120mm, dvdrw, dvdrom, audigy 2 zs platnum, coolermaster Cool Drive4, 1x ATA133 7200rpm, 1x SATA 7200 rpm, 3x 512 Kingston HyperX, 9600Pro and 2800+... and then the 4000+ and one of those video cards aforementioned would be added with a Zalman 7700 cooler with a DFI Lanparty motherboard.

Is this Antec powerful enough to run all that? I would really like to keep what I have because it has served me very well, and its nice not to have to spend the extra $70+ on a new PSU. Any help would be great!
 
I have similar components and 2 SATA w/ A64 3000 OCed
My 350sp works great. If you don?t need SLI then it should be fine.
Down the line if you added SLI mobo and more, you can always buy another 350w and use dual PSU's, dividing the power between components
 
i'm assuming you're getting the dfi and the 4000+ to oc? that psu will be eaten alive.

may get you buy on stock but best of luck oc'ing with that.

spend a bit and at least get an antec smartpower, enermax, fortron or any decent 450w+ psu with a native 24 pin connector and 26+ amps on the 12v's.

dfi.street has a nice list of recommended psu's gor different price ranges.
 
That 4000 is the same wattage as A64 3000.
I calculated the wattage w/ 40 watts mobo (most use 29 watts) and all your components and overclocked CPU, all comes to 329 watts full load(all hardwares in action)
check this calculator
Fortron used to be good but not anymore. they have been using 85c caps and has cooling problem and loud.
If your budget is tight stay w/ existing psu and try it- if need more, add another or buy another antec (450w to be on safe side). If you are happy w/ antec products, no need to take a chance on others, specially fortron.
You also might want to consider A64 X2 3800 which is $16 cheaper. can Oc up to 2.6 ghz and more w/ other cooling means. Or can use A64 3200 overclock it to 2.8gh easy, and save $180 gives you more$ to play w/.
 
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