Will my 350 watt PSU work with the DFI nF4 Ultra-D?

[ronein]

I dont want to spend more money on a new PSU, unless its really necessary.

And im strongly considering upgrading my current setup to the following specifications:

DFI nF4 Ultra-D
AMD A64 3000
2x512 Value Select RAM
6600GT or 6800nu (no SLI yet)
Santa Cruz Sound Card
3 CD ROMS
1 80 GB HDD
1 3.0GB HDD
1 External Firewire HDD

My PSU is the Aopen FSP350-60BT
Basically its a rebadged Sparkle/Fortron.
Specs are:

+3.3= 28.0A
+5.0= 32.0A
+12 = 15.0A
+3.3 & 5V =220 watt max
+3.3 & 5V+12V =330 watt max

So basically, for those in the know, will the current PSU work as it is with the new projected system, or do i have to buy a new, stronger PSU?

Thanks in advance!

 

[VirtualLarry]

Honestly, those AOpen (Fortron) supplies are pretty rock-solid, but because it's likely an older model, those +12V amps look kind of low, especially for an A64 3000+ and a 6800. It's not that the supply isn't quality, but I think that the CPU + video combined, might just be a tad too much for it. Although, you can certain try it out, and see if the NV drivers give an error about dropping into lower-performance mode due to lack of available power, and if your +12V line fluctuates under load. If it does, then I recommend upgrade, maybe one of those Fortron Blue Storm 500W+ PSUs that seem to be so highly recommended, and with a decent amount of amps on the +12V rail.

(Sorry Zepper, should have left this one for you to answer I guess. )

 

[tennesota]

I took delivery of an Ultra-D board today; this is taken from the User's Manual.

Important:
To ensure that adequate power is provided, we strongly recommend that you use a minimum of 400 Watt (or greater) power supply.

 

[Snowice]

ronein,

i have the same motherborad and cpu with a fortron 530w psu. my psu has a 20 pin connector while the board accepts a 24 pin psu. that said, my psu still works. however, i have stability issues when i overclock my system. i'm pretty sure your psu is 20 pin since it's old. 350w is kinda pushing it, but you can always test it. if you dont overclock your system and it's stable, then you are good to go. otherwise, you should get a new one with native 24 pin even if you dont overclock. if you do overclock, you definitely need a more powerful one (at least a 500w). And yes, the manual does say they strongly recommend that you use a minimum of 400 Watt (or greater) power supply.


anyway, good luck with your new system :beer:

btw, i'm still waiting.... do you know how long it usually takes to get to the states?

george

edit: if you are going to use a 20 pin psu, just be sure to plug the connector into sockets 1-10 and 13-22, NOT 3-12 and 15-24!! otherwise, bye bye motherboard!!

 

[ronein]

Thanks for the input folks.

Basically all boils down if i need to OC or not.

350 is fine for stock operations; OC needs a new PSU....

 

[TheNiceGuy]

Good luck, hope it works out for you. Although its an Asus, I have a simular setup. I was screwing around with a 400w Seagate (very good brand, although dual 12v) PSU for ages, and ended up giving up. I was lucky to get the GPU low power warnings, but there were a whack of other errors that evaporated with my OCZ. Definatly 12v amps need to be high. My Seagate had 14A on one rail, and 15A on the other. This was not enough. You are really pushing it at 15A.