Finished building new PC..PSU question

flush01 · 03-27-2006, 01:11 AM

so I finally got all the parts, put them in, pressed power up and boom everything worked

anyways, my question is, i got this case http://secure.ncix.com/products/inde...nufacture=Xion and it says it has 450 W PSU, is it fine for the system i have:

athlon 4400 x2
2gb ddr 400
geforce 6800GS
Asus sli deluxe m/b
AND 4 SATA hard drives .. 3 of them 300gb each and 1 74gb raptor (and im planning to add 2 more IDE hd's)

is 450W enough for everything ? or I should drop $100 on a new psu ?

Bootup05 · 03-27-2006, 01:13 AM

Whats the name of the PSU?
plus if it came with the case I would reccomend changing it cos psu's that come with cases ain't usually too good

a 500w shoudl be alright, but if you want to be futureproof its probably better to go 550w

34erd · 03-27-2006, 01:15 AM

Watts mean almost nothing. What are the amps on the +12V rails(s)?

flush01 · 03-27-2006, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 34erd

Watts mean almost nothing. What are the amps on the +12V rails(s)?

i have no idea

but everything runs fine, its been up 3 days 24/7 without any problems... i wanna add 2 more hd's and there's not enough power supply cords, so i need to go buy power splitter so im thinking if i should pick up new psu as well.. hrmm

salvationpcs · 03-27-2006, 02:54 AM

you should have enought power there but like stated above that it isn't to wise to use a power supply that comes with the case cause they are usually cheap and well probably burn out. 450W well allow you to handle alot of stuff, I use 3HD's 6800GT 2 dvd burners and the other stuff on my vigor 450W psu and it works like a charm and i have been running it for about 6 months now with no problems. BUt make sure it has a 12v rails which most of them do (that i know about)

**magicman** · 03-27-2006, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by salvationpcs

BUt make sure it has a 12v rails which most of them do (that i know about)

Every PSU has 12v rails, the question to always ask is how many amps are running through them? Read PSU101 for good benchmark amp levels.

flush01 · 03-27-2006, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by salvationpcs

you should have enought power there but like stated above that it isn't to wise to use a power supply that comes with the case cause they are usually cheap and well probably burn out. 450W well allow you to handle alot of stuff, I use 3HD's 6800GT 2 dvd burners and the other stuff on my vigor 450W psu and it works like a charm and i have been running it for about 6 months now with no problems. BUt make sure it has a 12v rails which most of them do (that i know about)

but if it burns out, it will not damange anything right ? or it can fry a mobo ?

MIK3daG33K · 03-27-2006, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by flush01

but if it burns out, it will not damange anything right ? or it can fry a mobo ?

It can fry a mobo, Although i have fried a very cheap power supply in one of my other rigs and it didn't do anything to my computer. The fact is how lucky do you feel lol?

maxima · 03-28-2006, 01:39 AM

Why such good parts, and bail on the PSU? That's like using SLI w/ a 20 dollar monitor. Not to offend you in any way, but it just doesn't make any sense. Get a decent PSU w/ at least 36amps on the 12V rail, if you plan on OCing, you may want more than that yet.

Bad PSUs can fry your mobo, HDs, whatever it pleases. A buddy of mine, lost everything because his cheap PSU decided to quit one day and took everything w/ it. All data gone, his fault for not backing up, but cheap PSU's will give out on you before you know it. The only stock PSU I can somewhat trust is Antec.

**ceewi1** · 03-28-2006, 04:46 AM

The amperage ratings should be printed on the side of the PSU. Tell us what the +12V is rated for.

03-27-2006, 01:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
flush01 Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 129	Finished building new PC..PSU question so I finally got all the parts, put them in, pressed power up and boom everything worked anyways, my question is, i got this case http://secure.ncix.com/products/inde...nufacture=Xion and it says it has 450 W PSU, is it fine for the system i have: athlon 4400 x2 2gb ddr 400 geforce 6800GS Asus sli deluxe m/b AND 4 SATA hard drives .. 3 of them 300gb each and 1 74gb raptor (and im planning to add 2 more IDE hd's) is 450W enough for everything ? or I should drop $100 on a new psu ?

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Bootup05 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Essex, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,266	Whats the name of the PSU? plus if it came with the case I would reccomend changing it cos psu's that come with cases ain't usually too good a 500w shoudl be alright, but if you want to be futureproof its probably better to go 550w __________________ Main System Proccy - Intel E6400 @ 3440 \| Mobo - P5B DLX \| RAM - 2GB TwinX 6400 C5 \| GPU - 96GT HDD - WD 400GB Caviar SE - WD 320GB Caviar SE - 160GB Seagate Ext Monitor - Asus 19" Wide LCD \| PSU - Tagan 600W Dual Engine \| Soundcard - SB Live Ext 24 Heatsink - S Infinity \| Optical - Pioneer DVDRW \| OS - Vista Ult64 SP1

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03-27-2006, 02:54 AM	#5 (permalink)
salvationpcs New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5	you should have enought power there but like stated above that it isn't to wise to use a power supply that comes with the case cause they are usually cheap and well probably burn out. 450W well allow you to handle alot of stuff, I use 3HD's 6800GT 2 dvd burners and the other stuff on my vigor 450W psu and it works like a charm and i have been running it for about 6 months now with no problems. BUt make sure it has a 12v rails which most of them do (that i know about)

03-28-2006, 01:39 AM	#9 (permalink)
maxima New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 19	Why such good parts, and bail on the PSU? That's like using SLI w/ a 20 dollar monitor. Not to offend you in any way, but it just doesn't make any sense. Get a decent PSU w/ at least 36amps on the 12V rail, if you plan on OCing, you may want more than that yet. Bad PSUs can fry your mobo, HDs, whatever it pleases. A buddy of mine, lost everything because his cheap PSU decided to quit one day and took everything w/ it. All data gone, his fault for not backing up, but cheap PSU's will give out on you before you know it. The only stock PSU I can somewhat trust is Antec.