Can my power supply support another hard drive?

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JonatanM

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Hello. A while ago i got myself a new PC, but only got a 120 gbb sdd. I realize now i need more space and want to add another harddrive. But i am wondering if harddrives use a lot of cpu? I am thinking about getting a Samsung 500 gb ssd. I am uncertain how much power i am using now and if it will take another hard drive.

My specs: Intel 4690 prossesor
Cooler Master B500 VER.2, 500W PSU
ASUS B85M-G, Socket-1150
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 8GB CL9
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB PhysX CUDA
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120GB OEM
 
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You will be fine :) SSD hard drives do not require much power at all! Only a few watts under peak usage. You are probably using around 360-400W right now, so it should be fine.

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You will be fine :) SSD hard drives do not require much power at all! Only a few watts under peak usage. You are probably using around 360-400W right now, so it should be fine.

 
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Ok, thanks both of you! But i have another question: What would happen if i took the 500 gb and removed the OS harddrive? Is that possible? Would i have to reinstall windows 8 or something? I read once that the windows 8 was locked to the pc and not the harddrive?
 
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If you remove the OS hard drive, you will need to reinstall Windows. I am assuming you have a prebuilt machine from Dell or something, so you may need to get a restore disk if it came with a restore partition. You can also potentially ghost the hard drive beforehand, and there are plenty of guides on the internet to do so.

For OEM windows provided by computer vendors, there is a string that is encoded in the motherboard BIOS which is checked when installing a particular windows license. If that string is mismatched, Windows will not activate. It is not locked to the hard drive as you mentioned, but the motherboard.

 
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