Will my PSU be enough?

You should be fine, unless you plan on overclocking.

You have it!

Abit IS7 - 2.8C @ 3.4 - Mushkin PC4000 (2 X 512) - Sapphire 9800Pro - TT 420 watt Pure Power
Samsung 120gb ATA-100 - Maxtor 40gb ATA - 100
Sony DRU-510A - THAT'S MORE LIKE IT!

I built my friend's rig in that case with an A64 2800+, radeon 9800pro, 1 gig ram. It's running fine. The hullaballoo about PSU's is because CRAP manufacturers rate their PSU's higher than they will actually go. So people say you need a 480 PSU because you might go buy some ass brand like powmax, and their 480Watt PSU can only really supply 300 watts reliably. Most reputable manufacturers like Fortron Source, Antec, PC Power and Cooling, Thermaltake, Zalman, etc... rate their PSU's for what they can ACTUALLY SUPPLY. My own rig runs a A64 3200, 2 sata hds (1 is a raptor), 2 optical drives, 1 gig corsair PC4000 ram, K8N Neo Platinum, 4 fans, a fan controller, a cold cathode, and an led arrray, and I don't think it even draws 350 watts.

"It's too late now anyway. That song is stuck in my head and the only way to get rid of it is to blow it out. With a bullet!! - Carl

Don't be blinded by the wattage, its the amps on the +5v and +3v that matter most for most things. As a general rule, a good power supply from a brand name (like Antec) will be better than a cheap no name, even if the noname has a much higher nominal total output. Thats one reason why you will often find OEM machines (Dell/HP/..) with PSU's that may only be rated 240W or something, yet manage to power Prescott with a high end video card, while a generic no name 300W could perfectly well fail to do so. Either way, the best way to find out is just try it. you can always buy a more powerfull one if it where needed (personally doubt it very much).

= The views stated herein are my personal views, and not necessarily the views of my wife. =

I've still got to say that I'd never trust Fortron power supplies in my system. People gave them rave reviews because they put out more power than they were rated for when they were tested. Which is true. They usually do.

What no reviewer covered though is that even under operation within specs when you run the PC regularly for six months Fortron power supplies almost always begin to drop their outputs, going well below their spec, and causing all sorts of hell in your PC.

I've seen it happen way too many times now. Fortron power supplies just burn themselves out under regular to heavy use. Sure they pass a 48 hour burn-in, but they fail a year later.

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