unsure about power supply

[nannerla]

I am building a new computer mostly from scratch but I have the 2 harddrives and an evga 8800gts 320mb i plan on using for now but am unsure if my current 500w Antec Smartpower 2.0 will be enough to power my new setup, heres the rest of the parts.


LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-05 - OEM x2
SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP - OEM
OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
EVGA 122-CK-NF66-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale That i plan on ocing to 4ghz or so

case is an antec 900 with 1 200mm fan and 4 120 mm fans.

Also does anyone have any other suggestions for the motherboard?

 

[dagger]

500watt psu with good 12v rail ampage should be enough. Get x38/48 or p45 for max oc on e8400, which is good for 4.3ghz. Anything else at the moment will bottleneck the e8400.

 

[nannerla]

heres the stats from the box.

+5v +12v1 +12v2 +3.3v -12v +5vsb
35A 17a 19A 32A 0.3 2.0A

 

[dagger]

heres the stats from the box.

+5v +12v1 +12v2 +3.3v -12v +5vsb
35A 17a 19A 32A 0.3 2.0A

Looks good. It'll do.

 

[nannerla]

heres a x38 mobo from newegg i found, this one any good, seems popular form the number of reviews
ASUS P5E LGA 775 Intel X38
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131219

Looks to have a large amount of heatsink on it, anyone know if it will fit a tuniq tower 120?

 

[jaguarskx]

Antec's SmartPower 2.0 had some quality issues before they decided to end that line. That's not to say that your's is bad though.

 

[dagger]

heres a x38 mobo from newegg i found, this one any good, seems popular form the number of reviews
ASUS P5E LGA 775 Intel X38
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131219

Looks to have a large amount of heatsink on it, anyone know if it will fit a tuniq tower 120?

Overpriced. You can get a good x38 for just under $200. For that kind of price, get a x48.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128336

 

[nannerla]

been running this PS since late 06 without any problems so i assume i got a good one.

 

[invisik]

ull be fine considering my antec 500 earthwatt is powering a qq6600 oc @3.0
9800gx2 oc @ 722/1126, 4gig of ram. 2 hardrive, blue ray player.