Thursday, November 18, 2010

Is my power supply enough?

I have a 430 Watt power supply on my computer. I am running a computer meant for gaming with currently...

-500GB hard drive

-4 GB (in 2 sticks) RAM

-Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT video card (no fan)

AMD Athlon xII (dual core) (2.9 GHz)

-2 case fans

-obviously processor fan

-1 disk drive

-bla bla bla



I am wondering how much room I have to upgrade before changing my power supply.

Here is what some day might be put into it.

-More RAM up to 6 or 8 GB

-More Hard drive up to an extra 1.5 TB

-1or 2 more case fans

maybe...

a new video card but that can wait.

So my question is how much room til my computer blows up, I know you dont want to be cheap, and I want top be safe. So what is the best course of action as far as saving money on a power supply and upgrading my computer parts?Is my power supply enough?
Simply no because, 1) You're Video card will need 400W on its own and your RAM will most definitly take up the rest. Now, although your GPU will not use all that wattage, it still needs a certain amount of volts and some smaller PSUs don't have enough voltage to keep up your GPU etc.try either a 550 or a 600W, those, regardless of what other %26quot;experts say%26quot;, are big enough.Is my power supply enough?
http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/P



check here

you put in your components and it tells you how many watts your useingIs my power supply enough?
actually your 430 power supply is enough to run your computer but it would be more powerful if you will make it 500watts...for more questions just email me...

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