How Much Power??

[marclar1104]

So I am planning my dream computer (for my price range) and this is what its shaping up to be (unless athlon gets some decent PCI Express motherboards soon):
Case ( Raidmax 268 ATX Mid-Tower Case w/350W Power Supply Black )
Power Supply ( 500 Watt Power Supply )
Processor ( [939-pin] AMD® Athlon-64 3200+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology )
Processor Cooling ( Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink + 2 Extra Case Fans )
Motherboard ( [939-pin] Asus A8V-Deluxe w/LAN, 7.1 Sound, IEEE-1394, USB 2.0 8x AGP Motherboard )
Memory ( 1024 MB [512MB X2] DDR-400 PC3200 Memory Module Geil or Major Brand )
Video Card (ATI Radeon X800-XT 256MB DDR3 w/DVI + TV-OUT 8x AGP Video )
Hard Drive ( 80 GB HARD DRIVE 80 GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA-100 Hard Drive )
CD/DVD Drive ( 16x DVD-ROM Drive - Sony Black )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit 7.1 )
Speaker System ( 600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System )

Network Card ( 10/100 Network PCI Card )
Floppy Drive ( Mitsumi 1.44 MB Internal Floppy Drive Beige )


My question is whether a 350w power supply is enough or should I got for the 500w. The money difference isnt that big but there there isn't much of a point in buying it if i don't need it. Thanks for any help.

 

[folken]

You will definatly need more than a 350watt for that system. What brand is the 500watt you were looking at?

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[Orion_THG_pl]

The Antec NeoPower 480W is an excellent PSU.

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[marclar1104]

Description:
ENERMAX 460W Power supply for AMD K7, K8 & Pentium4, Model EG465P-VE

Specification:
Type: ATX
Maximum Power: 460W
PFC: No
Power Good Signal: 100-500ms
Hold-up Time: 17ms min.
Efficiency: 70% min.
Over Voltage Protection: +5V 5.6-6.9V; +3.3V 3.7-4.5V; +5VSB 5.6-6.9V
Overload Protection: 105%~ 160%
Input Voltage: 90V~135V AC or 180V~265V AC
Input Frequency Range: 47Hz-63Hz
Input Current: 12A/ 7A
Output: +3.3V@35A; +5V@35A; -5V@1A; +12V@33A; -12V@1A; +5VSB@2.2A

Actually i was wrong, I was looking at a 460 but there are the specs. Thanks for the advice!

 

[Crashman]

Enermax makes a fine range of power supplies. Of course the Fortron Source 400W has about the same output.

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[HardWareBoss]

For a lot less $$$$$$$$