Hello! I am back, for those of you who saw/or posted on my previous thread about a super budget build. However, the tides have turned and I now have a significantly higher budget. Previously, I only had $250 (gasp!) and with a little persuading have managed to get a good sum of extra cash to use. I am at a current budget of around $500.
Straight to the point, I want to build a machine with an AMD Athlon 7850 Black Edition (2.8GGz + 2MB L3 Dual Core), 4GB of DDR2-800, and a 9500GT Video Card. Power supplies, however, is where I get stumped. I used a power supply calculator and it told me I only needed about 270W or so to power the system! But after research, I see people with similar systems using 500 to 750W PSUs. Are they insane or am I under estimating my wattage? I would like to use a Corsair 400W PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008&Tpk=400W%20corsair.
Would it be enough?
Thanks a lot, (again)!
Straight to the point, I want to build a machine with an AMD Athlon 7850 Black Edition (2.8GGz + 2MB L3 Dual Core), 4GB of DDR2-800, and a 9500GT Video Card. Power supplies, however, is where I get stumped. I used a power supply calculator and it told me I only needed about 270W or so to power the system! But after research, I see people with similar systems using 500 to 750W PSUs. Are they insane or am I under estimating my wattage? I would like to use a Corsair 400W PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008&Tpk=400W%20corsair.
Would it be enough?
Thanks a lot, (again)!