PSU for athlon 64, nforce 4 ultra

[greendesert]

I am planning for athlon 64 on nforce 4 ultra. I have this PSU lying with me :
Thermaltake Silent Purepower W0014RU ATX 480W Power Supply 100 - 240V.
and here's the link : http://www.thermaltake.com/purepower/W001314.htm .
I have been using this on nforce 2 ultra for one year without any glitch.
Would this psu meet the requirements of nforce 4 ultra. I have seen somewhere about
ver 2.0 for athlon 64 systems. Since, I dont know much about PSU, here I am for your
suggestions..

 

[LxMxFxD3]

Yes its fine. I use a 4 year old Enermax with 20pin + 4 pin (separate connector thats on the supply to mobo) and it runs the rig in my sig like a dream.

My +5V is about 26A I believe.

 

[TNM93]

The newer ATX spec is ver 2.0, like you read about. It has more pin connectors (24 vs 20 I believe). I would recommend the Antec Truepower line, since that's what I'm currently using. However, I've heard good things about Seasonic, Fortron, Enermax, PC Power and Cooling, and OCZ.

 

[greendesert]

hmmm... I bought it from newegg where still it shows a v positively reviewed item and performing real good.
As pointed by LxMxFxD3, it does have 20pin + 4 pin. Dont know what to find on nforce 4 mainboards.
Just dont feel like discarding this psu..

 

[LxMxFxD3]

Originally posted by: greendesert
hmmm... I bought it from newegg where still it shows a v positively reviewed item and performing real good.
As pointed by LxMxFxD3, it does have 20pin + 4 pin. Dont know what to find on nforce 4 mainboards.
Just dont feel like discarding this psu..

Not necessary. A 450W power supply is more htan enough. On my 431W enermax I use:

5 Hard drives
2 Optical Drives
1 Floppy
2 Sticks of 1GB RAm
6 USB devices
2 Firewire Devices
1 PCI soundcard
1 70W X800 video card
2 Case Fans (90mm)
1 CPU FAN
2 PS fans
1 Motherboard
etc.

100% cpu load 24/7 (~120W alone)

Aint no thang

 

[greendesert]

thanks.. so tell me pls
The connectors are same on both the nforce 2 and nforce 4 boards, is it ?
If I know this, I think my psu would suffice.

 

[TNM93]

From how I'm reading it, he's using the 24 pin connector but with 2 cables from his PSU. One is the 20 pin connector, the other is a separate 4 pin connector. If you have an extra 4 pin connector coming out of that supply, then you can use it along with the 20 pin one for the nforce 4 motherboard. Newer power supplies have a 24 pin connector where you can take off the extra four pins for backwards compatibility with the old ATX spec. The nforce 2 mobo has a 20 pin connector, the nforce 4 will have a 24 pin connector.

Apparently, that may not be necessary, see my next message. I would just put the 20 connector in the 24 pin slot and that's all.

 

[greendesert]

oh yes, I do have extra 4 pic connector. Now, its v clear to me.
thanks ysperalda !

 

[TNM93]

If you still have concerns, here is another thread on this issue.......

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[prodesma]

Whoa gd! hey, 480W should be plenty... But nowadays, so much focus is on the 12W, which yours only has 18W according to your link.

So, I say it's a judgement call. If you're gonna OC that thing heavily, you might reconsider. If you're on stock air and less than a 20% overclock, should help make it simpler. If you're running 4 sticks of 512 overclocked at 250MHz and SLI dual X7800 GTX vid cards, you might be really pressing your luck.

If you've got one graphics card (not SLI) and not doing a major OC, you're good.

BTW, my OCZ Powerstream 520W has 33W on the 12W rail. So, my only advice is to not only gauge by overall rating. I've read lots of posts, and peeps seem to like their Thermaltake psu's a LOT. It's a keeper if you can manage. (Personally, I l-o-v-e this OCZ design and the fan is quieter than my case fan!). Cheers.