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shockwave1831   09-05-2009 at 07:02:43 PM

I AM REPLACING MY 600 WATT XION PSU WITH ( Ultra X3 ULT40312 850-Watt Power Supply -ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-E Ready, Energy Efficient, Modular)
( ASUS M4A78T-E AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail Xtreme Phase for AM3 CPU w/ DDR3 support/ TurboV)
(AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor )
(OCZ ReaperX HPC 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3RPX1333EB2GK)
(Visiontek Radeon HD 3850 Video Card - 256MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, CrossFireX Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDMI Support, Video Card)

COULD 850 WATTS DAMAGE MY MOBO etc...?

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GhislainG   09-05-2009 at 07:53:36 PM

A more powerful PSU can't damage the motherboard. The motherboard and other components will only use as much power as they require. The total probably is much lower than 850W.

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mindless728   09-05-2009 at 08:24:09 PM

^like above it shouldn't matter, they only use as much as they need

though try not using all caps, it implies yelling (or is the caps lock on and broken?)

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geofelt   09-05-2009 at 09:37:57 PM

GhislainG wrote :

A more powerful PSU can't damage the motherboard. The motherboard and other components will only use as much power as they require. The total probably is much lower than 850W.



True.

There will be no damage to your motherboard with a excessively powerful psu. But... a psu operates most efficiently in the middle of it's range. A 850 w psu will have low efficiency in your system.

Your 600w psu is fine, and you probably could do with a quality 450w unit.

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shockwave1831   09-05-2009 at 10:02:26 PM

thanks for the info guys , sincerely,short bus veteran.

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