Antec earthwatts EA380. Is she enough?

[Quentin_T]

So I was looking at the Antec earthwatts EA380 for a very basic system running:

Asus A7N8X-Deluxe Rev 2
ATI X700 Pro
Athlon XP +3000
1 GB Crucial DDR 400
Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu Heatsink
Rosewill PCI 4x SATA (might wait on this)
And 4-5 Hard drives. (probably an 80 GB (OS etc), 2 Samsung 500 GB Drives, might get 4 of them.)

This PC will almost never be used, except for hosting and streaming large movie files on my network.

 

[Quentin_T]

Well I'm going for it anyway! I have decided.

 

[diduknowthat]

It'll be close, but the Earthwatt is suppose to be pretty good. Personally I would get a more powerful PSU, but it should work.

 

[daisymtc]

Since you prepare to get 5 HDD. I will say you need a stronger PSU. Get a 500W.

 

[Kornowski]

If it's any help I've got an Antec EA380 running my system right now...

 

[MixedLogik]

I would be careful running 4-5 hard drives on a 380w PSU. I would play it safe and go with a 500w.