Hi. Im building a new system, and I need an idea of what sort of psu i'll need to run stabley without overclocking. My system is AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+ DFI Lanparty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert SKT939 XFX Geforce 7950GT 512mb PCB 1GB DDR400 160GB Sata HDD And a DVD-RW drive Any help would be appreciated thanks.
Hi Kryptoxian, Here's a good website to where you can calculate the amount of watts your PSU will at least require. I'd recommend a 500W minimum, but you might want to go for a heavier type if you'll ever concider upgrading. Greetings, Marcus_X
DFI states the minimum requirements for a PSU paired with their motherboard must include the following: -480W or higher -24-pin ATX connector -25A (30A for SLI) on the 12V rail or combination of 12V rails Some that will do the job: -Enermax EG 565P-VE (535W) -Antec TruePower TPII-550 (550W) -OCZ Powerstream 520 -OCZ GameXtreme 600/700 -FSP AX-500 BlueStorm -Hiper Type-R 580 -Tagan TG-480-U22 Those will run between $80-120 (US) online in most places. You can probably get by with less, but, again, the DFI boards do tend to work a lot better when you invest in a good PSU and RAM. Even if it weren't DFI, skimping on the power supply is a bad idea. In any case, a 500-600W from a quality company (like those who've been mentioned) will be plenty, not to mention provide some headroom.
Hey, thanks a lot for the help. I think I'll go for the Hiper Type-R, just for the little extra buffer on top of the minimum requirements. Thanks again. -Kryptoxian
