Will a 500 watt power supply be enough to power dual amds?

[Eleron]

I am building a dual AMD system running 2 AMD ATHLON MP 2000+ 1.67GHZ processors. Will the antec 550 PS be enough to get this beast up and running?

TI4600 GeForce 4
Soundblaster live platnum
1 cdrom drive
1 burner
120 gig WD drive

 

[minendo]

Yes the 550W PSU should be more than enough. I've got an Antec 400W PSU powering the system below.

2 x XP1800+
Asus A7M266-D
512 PC2100 Corsair Registered ECC
2 x 60.0gb WD
Radeon 8500
Adaptec 2940UW
Pioneer Slot Load DVD (scsi)
Yamaha 16 x 10 x 40 (scsi)
Soundblaster Live MP3+
Linksys LNE100TX
4 USB Devices

 

[klah]

Here is the relevant data from AMD: www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/25823.pdf [table 3].

They recommend 27A/29A/16.5A on the +3.3V/+5V/+12V rails for a 2P system.

The TruPower550 is rated at 32/40/24.

For comparson their:
TruPower380 is rated at 28/35/18.
SL400 @ 28/38/18.
PP412X(400W) @ 28/40/18.

 

[Eleron]

Thanks a bunch!!

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