PSU enough?

[trifty]

hey there , i was thinking of upgrading my PC .. Is my tagan 600W stonerock active pfc gona be able to handle the below specs ?

M4A785TD-V Evo*
AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE
Corsair XMS3 Classic DDR3 1333mhz CL9.0 2GBx3
Samsung 320GB*
LG 22x DVD*
ATI Sapphire 4850*

Also planning to get the HAF932 and fill it with fans. =]

* marks current build

 

[jsc]

Yes. Fans really do not use much power. Figure about five 120 mm fans per 12 volt amp.

 

[trifty]

oo.. so it means my 600W will be able to power that spec ?

 

[jsc]

Should.

The 12 volt rating is the critical thing here. Your PSU is advertised as having 36 amps on the 12 volt rails. Figure 10 amps for an OC'd CPU. Your GPU needs about 9 amps. The motherboard, no more than 2 amps. The two drives, no more than 3 amps. That's 24 amps - max = 288 watts.

Digital logic - no more than 5 amps @ 5 volts, including the drives. Memory - less than 10 amps @ 3.3 volts.Total here, less than 55 watts.

I figure that you can add 20 fans and still not load the PSU to 80% capacity.

 

[trifty]

lol ic ic .. can u explain to me maybe ? wat do u meant by amps @ volts and how do convert them to watts? id like to learn it myself.. thanks for the info too 1 =D

 

[jsc]

Oversimplification follows:
Voltage is a measure of the force pushing current (electrons) through a wire. Current is a measure of the amount of electrons being pushed. Think water pressure pushing gallons of water (well, technically "rate of flow") through a hose. Watts is like the total amount of water.

Watts = voltage X current. First estimate - 24 amps X 12 volts = 288 watts.