- Sep 8, 2010
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Hi I have a kind of weird PC case where my PSU is right under the HD bay. I think I should upgrade my PSU since calculating all my components under full load (based on benchmarks and common wisdom) are nearing the 550W output of my supply. So my question is twofold: how badly do you think I'm need of an upgrade, and what are the concerns I should have about where my PSU is placed? I'll provide a pic so I don't have to explain it:
http://imgur.com/qzRMoDH
As you can see it's at the bottom front of the case, and its fan is on the front, next to the power switch. I'm noticing newer models have a big fan on top of the PSU, which in may case would set it right against the HDD bay, or, I could flip it upside down and it'd be about 1cm off the bottom of my case (which is not vented). Wondering what the best configuration is and if there's anything I should be worried about.
Also, here's my components: AMD Phenom II Black x4 965, ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO, Radeon r( 380, 8gb DDR3, 2 HDDs, 2 DVD drives, 3.5" card reader, couple external usb3 drives, wifi adapter, bluetooth adapter all drawing power.
Going to update my CPU, mobo, ram etc in a year or so for rendering work. Just gaming and light rendering now. Should I wait til then to upgrade my PSU or would I benefit from doing it now? Would rather buy an SSD first :/, PSU is such a boring thing to buy.
Thanks!
http://imgur.com/qzRMoDH
As you can see it's at the bottom front of the case, and its fan is on the front, next to the power switch. I'm noticing newer models have a big fan on top of the PSU, which in may case would set it right against the HDD bay, or, I could flip it upside down and it'd be about 1cm off the bottom of my case (which is not vented). Wondering what the best configuration is and if there's anything I should be worried about.
Also, here's my components: AMD Phenom II Black x4 965, ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO, Radeon r( 380, 8gb DDR3, 2 HDDs, 2 DVD drives, 3.5" card reader, couple external usb3 drives, wifi adapter, bluetooth adapter all drawing power.
Going to update my CPU, mobo, ram etc in a year or so for rendering work. Just gaming and light rendering now. Should I wait til then to upgrade my PSU or would I benefit from doing it now? Would rather buy an SSD first :/, PSU is such a boring thing to buy.
Thanks!
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