Would this PSU be enough for my new setup?

[neonerd]

AMD Athlon 64 3500+
GIGABYTE "GA-K8NSNXP-939" nForce3 Ultra Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 939
Optorite DVD-RW
Liteon DVD/CD-RW
WD 36.7 10k Raptor
Maxtor 60GB
Maxtor 40GB
ATI Radeon 9600XT
1GB Kingston Hyper X (2 sticks)

I have an Antec 380W PSU right now, but idk if it's gonna be enough...
was thinking about this one: Vantec PSU

 

[Budmantom]

I'm not sure what gpu you will be using.


I'm using a 250w unit to power my p4 3.4ghz, 9800pro, 2 sticks of ram, 2 hd's, dvd burner and a few usb devices, so I think you should be fine.


Tom

 

[JBT]

I could sell you the 470watt version of that Vantec for 50 bucks. Its used but still has atleat a year of warrenty left on it.

The PSU you have right now is probably fine but budmantom is right what GPU are you going to have?

 

[neonerd]

whoops, using a radeon 9600XT and 2 sticks of ram (2x 512MB Kingston Hyper X)

 

[JBT]

I would think the Antec is probably fine. I would try it out and if it ends up not being enough give something else a try.

 

[Budmantom]

You will be fine with the 380 or the 470.



Tom

 

[Fuchs]

http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/

You should be fine with either

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: Fuchs
http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/

You should be fine with either

The thing with that is it doesn't take AMPS into account. Watts are like the Mhz of CPU's.

 

[Lonyo]

Check it has a good 12v power rail, lots of amps (20A if you can).
Watts mean nothing, especially ona generic PSU.
Amps is where it's at.

The Vantec has 28A on the 12v rail, it will be plenty.
(<- has no spare amps on the 12v rail, 12v rail has voltage drop because of it )