Swapping power supplies between old system and new system.

[silverbullet555]

I'm building up a new sytem using an Antec Sonata with the TruePower 380W power supply. My current system has a TruePower 430W power supply. Is there any need to switch the power supplies so the new computer has the 50 more watts.

Current System: (430W power Supply)
AMD Athlon 1000 - upgrading to XP2000+ Palomino after builiding my new system
768mb PC133
Radeon 9600 AGP Video CArd
Soundblaster Live Sound Card
Adaptec SCSI Card
Kingston NIC
4 Port USB Card
4 80mm fans
1 very loud HSF for CPU (Can't remember what it is)
2 WD 160GB ATa HDD
1 40X SCSI CD-Rom
1 8X DVD-RW
1 52X CD-RW

New System:
AMD A64 3200+
1GB DDR400
Radeon 9600 XT
Onboard sound
Onboard NIC
2 WD 160Gb HDD
1 DVD-RW
1 DVD-Rom
2 120mm Fans
1 Zalman 7700

 

[Mrvile]

lol, your new system could run on 300w power. You'd probably want to switch PSU's to be safe and since it only takes a few minutes (since you will be rebuilding completely), but don't worry about a lack in power.

 

[silverbullet555]

If I swap the power supplies do you think it could create and underpowered situation in the old computer since it will still be in use and has so much crap in it.

 

[JBDan]

Originally posted by: silverbullet555
If I swap the power supplies do you think it could create and underpowered situation in the old computer since it will still be in use and has so much crap in it.

Nope 😉