Is my PSU good enough to keep?

[mhogan35]

I currently have a 430 watt Antec PSU, and just upgraded my system to the following:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
XFX PVT88PYDF4 GeForce 8800GT

Will that be enough power to run what I have?
--Matt

 

[tymik]

Well, if there is no SLI and the your PSU has powerful 12V line (at least 25A) everything will be OK.

 

[Zorg]

Which Antec PSU?

 

[Onus]

I would not trust it, especially if it is over a year or two old. I would choose a new one in the 500W-550W range from Tier-3 or better from the list at http://www.tomswiki.com/page/Tiered+PSU+Listings?t=anon

Personal preference, it also wouldn't be Antec.

 

[Zorg]

I would not trust it, especially if it is over a year or two old. I would choose a new one in the 500W-550W range from Tier-3 or better from the list at http://www.tomswiki.com/page/Tiered+PSU+Listings?t=anon

Personal preference, it also wouldn't be Antec.

Probably a good idea, understand many of the new Antec PSUs are made by Seasonic, and they manufacture good PSUs.

 

[mhogan35]

I just checked to see which one it was, and it says on the outside of the PSU "Antec True 430", not sure if that helps any...
--Matt

 

[evongugg]

Look at the label on the PSU and tell us how many amps are available on the 12v rails.

Are there any fluctuations in voltage of more than 10%?

 

[nukemaster]

Looks like a TP 430 with 20 amps.....kind of cutting it close....not a bad psu, but things use more 12 then anything else so new psu's have more power on the 12 volt rails...

 

[mhogan35]

Can do... On the +12v, it's .8a (min) to 26a (max), and on the -12v, it's 0a (min) and 1.0a (max)

 

[nukemaster]

Can do... On the +12v, it's .8a (min) to 26a (max), and on the -12v, it's 0a (min) and 1.0a (max)

hell if its 26 you should be ok....is it a True Power 2.0 then? with a big 120mm fan?

 

[mhogan35]

Hmmm, all I see on the side is True 430...

Not sure if it has a 120 mm fan, but I do know it's bigger than an 80 mm fan, hehe... It also has an 80 mm fan on the back of it as well, not sure if that helps any.

 

[nukemaster]

is it this?

http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/antectruepower430/

That has only 20 amps....

 

[mhogan35]

Mine doesn't look exactly like that there vent wise, and there's no "P" after the 430... Here's a spec sheet for what the side of mine says:

http://www.antec.com/specs/true430_spe.html

 

[nukemaster]

thats good enough for me....the P must have been some other revision....

Looks like it should run without issue since thats about 312 watts of 12 volt power alone and your system does not look to be that power hungry.

On the Extreme PSU calc(this thing over estimates anyway...)
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

I added your system with a GTX(safe to over estimate a bit)
2 hard drives
2 DVD burners
4 USB devices
1 high end board
1 A64 X2 6000
ect...

so i am willing to bet you should be ok....

 

[mhogan35]

Thanks for the help! It's greatly appreciated
--Matt