Can my Enermax 485W handle it?

[bitmonx]

I just ordered new hardware to upgrade my PC. Here it is:

Case Coolermaster CAC-T05 (my old case)
Asus P5N-D 750i Mobo
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Dual Core Processor LGA775 3.0GHZ Wolfdale
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 4GB 4X1GB DDR2-800
EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GT 600MHZ 512MB
1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 3.5IN 500GB SATA2
1 or 2x Maxtor 80GB SATA
1x LG DVD-DL

I intend to Overclock this system and it will be used for playing games like Call of Duty 4, Formula 1 F1 Challenge, MS Flight Sim 10 etc.

Will my Enermax take the load? Since I got a new 500GB HDD I can get rid of the 2 Maxtor drives if needed.

 

[MayDay94]

what model enermax psu? what is your 12v rail breakdown? i have the enermax liberty 400watt and it handles my pc below with 2 seagate hdd's.

 

[SuicideSilence]

You should be fine. Even though that is a low wattage PSU, Enermax makes excellent quality PSU's. It all about amperage my friend, Not so much wattage. I would much rather have that quallity Enermax PSU than some cheap 600 watt Rosewill or somthing.

I recently built a computer that had a amd 6400+ black edition, a ati 3870, 4 gb of memory, ext alll on a 450 watt corsair psu no problems at all.

 

[yipsl]

Yep, as long as you have enough watts on the 12 volt rail, then it's good to go. You can try one of the online PSU calculators to see what you need. Enermax is good, so no problems there.

You can probably do fine keeping the older hard drives too. I have 4 in my case with the 3870x2, and my wife (who has a 550 watt Antec Neo) has 3. It's really the GPU, plus maybe overclocking that tests the mettle of a PSU.

 

[bitmonx]

Here are the complete specs:

Enermax Noisetaker ATX 12V Ver. 2.0
Model EG495AX-VE (W) (24P)

+3.3 VOLT +5 VOLT +12 VOLT 1 +12 VOLT 2 -12 VOLT +5 Vsb +12 volt Total Total Power
32 Amp 32 Amp 18 Amp 18 Amp 0.8 Amp 2.5 Amp 32 Amp 485 Watt

Is this enough?

Thanks for help

 

[boonality]

it's dual 18A rails with a total of 32A. It will be ok but is definately right at the bottom end of your requirement. You may want to go to a 550w if you plan to do some serious overclocking, but a mild overclock or at stock speeds it should be ok.

 

[bitmonx]

Thanks, I will upgrade my PSU sometime down the road. I aready went about $250 over budget so for now I will do only mild OC and that is good anyways because I have no experience doin it.

Cheers,

 

[MayDay94]

the 8800gt requires 26a so you'll be fine. you shouldn't even worry about upgrading it until you're ready to upgrade the rest fo pc yet again..