What size PSU

sup2jzgte

sup2jzgte

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WHat would be a good size power supply to power the following:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz Socket AM2 65W

Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H AM2

RAM: 3 Gigs 6400

Hard Drives: 1-3 Sata drives

Video card: Nvidia 6600

Optical: 2 cd drives

3 or more fans
 
Ambushed said:
Yeah that looks good, I'm not sure 500W would be enough for you though.

Trust me. You don't want your PSU to blow up on you in the middle of a LAN or anything thing. I know from first hand experience.
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LOL that would be funny, but it would suck at the sametime. The thing is I dont game really, the extent of my gaming is playing MVP 2005 and emulators. I mostly use the PC for music, surfing and other things but nothing crazy.
 
Well, look at getting a 600W PSU. Just for safe measures, also if you want to upgrade to a better CPU or any component you won't have to worry about your PSU.
 
Ambushed said:
Yeah that looks good, I'm not sure 500W would be enough for you though.

Trust me. You don't want your PSU to blow up on you in the middle of a LAN or anything thing. I know from first hand experience.
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its the quality of the psu that matters in that case. not how many watts it is.
if you had a 9999watt psu its not be as good as a 500watt made by a trusted manufacturer
 
A quality 400 watt PSU would be plenty for that system. A 600-850 watt PSU would be a complete over-kill. The 6600gt isn't exactly a power hungry card.
 
havent you got a 480watt one? or your getting a new one?

i reckon an antec earthwatts 500watt lol

but if you cant afford that then im not sure.

then anteq basic isnt as good quality... but that might do/
 
The 480 watt no name I have had for more than a year with no issues, but it being used on a Dell 2400 and I dont know if this build is going to make the PSU work harder
 
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