Hello!
I'm upgrading my PC shortly and was wondering will my PSU be enough to power new components.
My current system:
AMD Athlon 64 4000+,
2GB DDR 400 ram,
nForce 4 mobo,
Asus GeForce 8800 GTS 640,
Creative X-Fi sound card,
some cheap 300W PSU,
and a couple of SATA drives...
And I want to change:
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ —> Core i7 860 (AMD TDP is 89W, i7 860 is 95 W)
2GB DDR 400 —> 4GB DDR3 1333/1600 (DDR3 is more energy efficient right?)
nForce4 —> Gigabyte 55 UD3
The problem is I really want that i7 860 (instead of Core i5 750), but in that case I can't afford new PSU (unfortunately waiting is not an option). If my math is right new hardware should run just fine untill Iam able to upgdate PSU? In worst case scenario I could unplug one of my hard drives and/or sound card What do you think?
I'm upgrading my PC shortly and was wondering will my PSU be enough to power new components.
My current system:
AMD Athlon 64 4000+,
2GB DDR 400 ram,
nForce 4 mobo,
Asus GeForce 8800 GTS 640,
Creative X-Fi sound card,
some cheap 300W PSU,
and a couple of SATA drives...
And I want to change:
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ —> Core i7 860 (AMD TDP is 89W, i7 860 is 95 W)
2GB DDR 400 —> 4GB DDR3 1333/1600 (DDR3 is more energy efficient right?)
nForce4 —> Gigabyte 55 UD3
The problem is I really want that i7 860 (instead of Core i5 750), but in that case I can't afford new PSU (unfortunately waiting is not an option). If my math is right new hardware should run just fine untill Iam able to upgdate PSU? In worst case scenario I could unplug one of my hard drives and/or sound card What do you think?