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just a question on my current power supply
hi i have an "armageddon voltron 400" power supply.
on the box it said 4oo watt pure power, & 800 watt standard rating...
so is this a 800 watt psu or should i jus get a 1000 psu as im upgrading my rig at the moment :??: 
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a b ) Power supply
October 17, 2014 11:06:29 AM

Ash007 said:
nostall said:
I finally found some specifications and did the math: that is a 400 Watt unit. I never was able to find what they mean about standard power vs.pure power. If you need more then 400 Watts total power for your PC, choose a different psu.
This list might help you with brand and model choices:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supp...


Hi. Thanks for the help. I knew the guys at he shop where idiots...
anyway my current setup is a 2.2 dual core. 4 gig ram. 500 gig hdd. Dvd wrighter. Bolton 400 psu. & a evga gtx 480.
It all works fine.
But I've ordered for a i5 4460 gskill trident x ram 2x4gig kit. And gigabyte h81 s2ph motherboard. Not sure how good it would be for that...


The new CPU will probably consume less power then your old dual core, which is good; but your powersupply, poor thing, is probably working overtime to support any graphics/video/gaming. The recommended power for the entire system, using ONE GTX 480, is 600watts minimum with 42amps on the +12 volt rails. A good (see tier 1 and 2 in the list I earlier linked) 5500-550 watt PSU would probably be just fine.
Something to consider before buying all the new parts.
Should your PSU have a failure, worse yet a catastrophic failure (think blow-up, catch fire) all your parts are at risk.
I have run PC's with underpowered PSU's, and they eventually die; and I have run them with name brand, top-of-the-line PSU's....And those can go bad too, and have: But your chances of a failure are greater with underpowered systems simply because the PSU must work harder.

FYI: https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/power-requirements...
October 16, 2014 12:42:16 AM

nostall said:
I finally found some specifications and did the math: that is a 400 Watt unit. I never was able to find what they mean about standard power vs.pure power. If you need more then 400 Watts total power for your PC, choose a different psu.
This list might help you with brand and model choices:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supp...


Hi. Thanks for the help. I knew the guys at he shop where idiots...
anyway my current setup is a 2.2 dual core. 4 gig ram. 500 gig hdd. Dvd wrighter. Bolton 400 psu. & a evga gtx 480.
It all works fine.
But I've ordered for a i5 4460 gskill trident x ram 2x4gig kit. And gigabyte h81 s2ph motherboard. Not sure how good it would be for that...

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a b ) Power supply
October 15, 2014 4:17:47 PM

I finally found some specifications and did the math: that is a 400 Watt unit. I never was able to find what they mean about standard power vs.pure power. If you need more then 400 Watts total power for your PC, choose a different psu.
This list might help you with brand and model choices:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supp...

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