I am upgrading an old PC in which I currently have a 400 Watt Mercury PSU (ATX Power Switching).
I have bought a Radeon HD 3850 AGP Graphics card and an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ CPU , the fastest graphics card and CPU for the NF7-S2 motherboard (Socket A), which is currently in this old PC.
I also have 2 HDDs, 2 DVD players/writers, and 1 floppy drive in this machine.
What PSU would I need to power the HD 3850 (and the rest of the system) ?
I was thinking maybe I could get a cheap, branded 700-800W PSU and they will easily handle the (old-ish) Graphics card.
[E.g.
- WinPower Plus 800 W - my brother uses one of these to power a GeForce 8800 GTS, AMD Phenom X3, 1 hdd and etc... (has been working flawlessly for 6 months now)
- CIT 750 W - never used one of these before
- Alpine 650W - never used one before
Would one of these be enough ? Or should I go for an overpriced Corsair ? ]
Could anyone help me out here ?
Thanks in advance!!
I have bought a Radeon HD 3850 AGP Graphics card and an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ CPU , the fastest graphics card and CPU for the NF7-S2 motherboard (Socket A), which is currently in this old PC.
I also have 2 HDDs, 2 DVD players/writers, and 1 floppy drive in this machine.
What PSU would I need to power the HD 3850 (and the rest of the system) ?
I was thinking maybe I could get a cheap, branded 700-800W PSU and they will easily handle the (old-ish) Graphics card.
[E.g.
- WinPower Plus 800 W - my brother uses one of these to power a GeForce 8800 GTS, AMD Phenom X3, 1 hdd and etc... (has been working flawlessly for 6 months now)
- CIT 750 W - never used one of these before
- Alpine 650W - never used one before
Would one of these be enough ? Or should I go for an overpriced Corsair ? ]
Could anyone help me out here ?
Thanks in advance!!