Sentey slim microATX case w/PSU - only 8A on 12v line?

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811322013

I bought two of these cases. Notice that Newegg doesn't detail the rails on the PSU included with this case. I think now I know why.

Opened it up, only 8A listed on the 12V rail, something like 13A on the 5V.

Is 8A going to be enough for an E5200 @ 3.0, Biostar DDR3 775 mobo, single 4GB Gskill DDR3-1333 DIMM, one 3.5" 7200RPM HD, one DVD burner, and a case fan?

 

[Rifter]

Probably not, thats only 96w on the 12V.

E5200 TDP is 65w stock, more overclocked. HDD is going to use 5w but will need 20-30w at spinup. DVD will be 5-10W, and case fan will be under 5W. Ram will eat 10W or so.

I would run a min 140W on the 12v with that setup assuming a under 20W GPU, so which GPU are you using, its going to use power too?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yeah, I'm a little annoyed. Newegg listed the PSU as "250W continuous/450W peak".

But with only 8A on the 12V, I don't even know how they could say this stacks up as a 250W continuous PSU.

I do remember one thing though, with my G31/E5200 rig, even overclocked to 3.0, fully-loaded, was like 80-85W at the wall, with an EarthWatts 380 PSU, with one HD and one DVD drive and one fan. So your estimation is a little on the high side. Idle was 40W. I think I can squeeze by, without a GPU. Just barely.

 

[Rifter]

yeah with no GPU you might be ok, i had assumed you forgot to mention it.

 

[AkumaX]

i like this mATX/ITX case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119238

 

[VirtualLarry]

Well, I got the system built, and it's surviving an hour of OCCT linpack 64-bit, so far. Overclocked from 2.5 to 3.0.