PSU sufficient?

WolverineX

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Here's my setup as of right now...

AMD 64 Athlon 3000+ (Newcastle)
Turtle Beach Catalina **althought I'm just using this for the optical output, I use an external receiver for audio**
Maxtor 160 gig hard drive
2 DVD drives
2 Case Fans
512 Corsair value ram PC3200

My PSU is an Antec smartpower with 21amps on the 12volt rail

If prices drop a little during the winter season then I would like to pick up an EVGA 6800gt

This one here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130203


So my question is will I have sufficient power? EVGA's site claims 350 watt minimum and seeing how I'm not running multiple hard drives, sli, or multiple other accesories I was hoping I would be in the clear. I just need some assurance.

Thank you for anyone who can give it...
 

Arcanedeath

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you've got 21 amps on the 12V rail thats good enough for all but SLI systems or systems w/ 3+ HDD's and 2+ optical drives.
 

BigCoolJesus

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Originally posted by: Arcanedeath
you've got 21 amps on the 12V rail thats good enough for all but SLI systems or systems w/ 3+ HDD's and 2+ optical drives.

With his system, it will be sufficient

i ran that exact system, plus 2 more fans and 2 fan controllers with an antec that only had 18A on the 12v
 

Crescent13

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See the system in my sig (there is a link to it), I have a 300W PSU with 15A on the 12V rail and it runs it fine. Well, under super heavy loads it sometimes crashes, but you have more than enough!
 

WolverineX

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Thanks guys, this really makes my day knowing that this PSU will last some time unless it takes a leap. It's highly unlikely I would ever get into SLI or use multiple hard drives.