psu question

[mrweirdo]

Hello recently ordered parts to build up a new system and well the case order got messed up a bit with wrong psu and I am wondering if its even worth the hassle of having to ship it back and then having it shiped back to us. This system realy needs to get going as soon as posible.
Anyways I am wondering if the Aopen aka Sparkle module: FSP300-ATV is enough to power the hardware that will be in the system.
some of the specs listed on psu itself:
DC output 300(330W peak)
+3.3v = 28.0A
+5v =30.0A
+12v 18.0A
5vsb = 2.0A
-5v = 0.3A
-12V = 0.8A

Hardware specs:
Athlon64 fx 53 socket 939 retail
Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939
Kingston 2x512mb PC 3200 DDR kit
Sapphire Radeon 9600xt 256MB AGP
Western Digital 160GB 7200rpm 8mb cache SATA
sony black dual layer +/-rw burner
80mm case fan
Aopen H600b ATX case

 

[Feep]

Short answer: probably, but i wouldn't do it. In otherwords it will power them but if u ordered a better psu, then by all means send this one back.

 

[mrweirdo]

the only reason I am considering keeping it is they didnt charge us the upgrade price for a 400watt version of the this psu as well. I believe the price difference was something along the lines of $30 extra.

 

[Sonic587]

It should be fine. However, I am not sure of Aopen's quality. I know they are OEM's from Fortron, so you should be ok. I've seen 300W Fortron PSUs power systems more wattage hungry than that.

 

[OMG1Penguin]

WTF 9600xt with an fx-53... lolzor

But yeah, as long as you stick with that vid card, it should be fine... if you get anything hungrier, you might want to upgrade~

 

[Lyfer]

You gotta love Fortron/Sparkle, 18A on the 12V on a 300W PSU! Most cheap 300W PSU's have 12-15A only. That PSU should be fine. But if you add in an X800 or 6800GT video card and few more HD's/Opticals that 300W psu is gonna have some stability problems. BTW why are you pairing a sub par graphics card with a Ferrari CPU?

 

[Sonic587]

Originally posted by: Lyfer
You gotta love Fortron/Sparkle, 18A on the 12V on a 300W PSU! Most cheap 300W PSU's have 12-15A only. That PSU should be fine. But if you add in an X800 or 6800GT video card and few more HD's/Opticals that 300W psu is gonna have some stability problems. BTW why are you pairing a sub par graphics card with a Ferrari CPU?

He definitely would be better off with a 3500/3800 and a 6800 vanilla/GT

 

[EULA]

My aspire 520 watt psu has 36A on the 12v. I took my multimeter to it and the 12v rail was solid at 12.01...

 

[Kabob]

No kidding, that's one hell of a CPU he's got working with a lower end video card (although a heck of alot speedier than my GF FX 5200).

I'd definately invest in a 6800 GT or so when you can first afford it.

 

[Mik3y]

your 300W psu will be fine. i've seen more power hungry systems run perfectly fine on an antec 300W.

 

[Feep]

Thats a good point. You'd be better off getting a slightly cheaper cpu and spending the savings on a vid card.

 

[mrweirdo]

sorry it took so long to reply. Havent found time to get online lately. Anyways got the 400watt version of the same psu just to have room to grow. As for the video card its only a 9600xt because this system is a workstation not to be used for gaming that much but rather stuff like cad work, encoding and burning dvds and music, etc. later on though it could get an upgrade.