450w PSU good enough?

2009-12-25 23:47:34

#1

Rohirm: Fear is a Leash; +85|6431|New Austin, Not

Hey guys,

Currently putting together a new "budget" rig right now:

i7 860 (no hardcore overclocking...maybe a dummy oc through the MB)
EVGA p55 LE Motherboard or a Gigabyte GA P55-UD3R (Which one do you guys reccomend btw?)
4 gb of DDR3 Patriot Viper II's
My old xfx 4890 XT
2 antec blue LED 120mm case fans
500 GB WD hardrive
DVD drive

Would a 450 watt Corsair I have laying around be enough to handle it comfortably without frying? or do I have to go into my other rig and rip out my corsair 550w? (some thing which I don't want to do...well not right now anyways).

Thanks lads. Hope you guys enjoyed your Christmas

Last edited by Rohirm (2009-12-25 23:47:56)

2009-12-26 00:53:29

#2

GR34: Member; +215|6804|ALBERTA> CANADA

I would say no prolly a 500W minimum but I could be wrong. Corsair is a good brand and there parts are under rated so you should be fine

2009-12-26 02:32:22

#3

IrishGrimReaper: Field Marshal | o |; +142|6980|Ireland | Monaghan

450 should boot that up fine, just don't expect to be adding any more GPU's

Also, what is a "Dummy OC through the mobo" supposed to mean?

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2009-12-26 04:12:24

#4

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6827|NYC / Hamburg

Should be no problem. You don't need 1kW PSUs for simple PCs

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2009-12-28 00:02:18

#5

Rohirm: Fear is a Leash; +85|6431|New Austin, Not

The 450 watt PSU has been used just over a year (May 08-August 09). Is capacitor aging going force recommended wattage over 450 watts?

Last edited by Rohirm (2009-12-28 00:03:03)

2009-12-28 03:30:29

#6

IrishGrimReaper: Field Marshal | o |; +142|6980|Ireland | Monaghan

A year isn't that long. It should still work fine.

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2009-12-28 05:02:18

#7

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6457|Winland

Rohirm wrote:
The 450 watt PSU has been used just over a year (May 08-August 09). Is capacitor aging going force recommended wattage over 450 watts?

Since you have a PSU with quality capacitors, you don't need to count with capacitor aging for another 20 years.

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