PSU HELP Computer Guys Only!

[Aberclio182]

Mates build, i think the power unit will be ok but he wanted me to double check.

System specs

4600+ X2 939
A8N-SLi Premium nForce4 SLi
MSI GeForce 7900 GTO SILENT 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-041-OK) 2GB Cruical Ballstixs
DVD rw
2 250gb Sata Harddrives


http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=20481# PSU

TrueBlue 480 Watt PSU will this be enough to power the system?

Also he might want to bung another 7900 GTO in.

 

[Griff]

While it will do the job it's one of the older PSU's out there.

Tell your mate to look at the Enermax Liberty series which aren't too bad price wise - http://www.enermax.co.uk/products/psu/liberty/ELT500AWT/index.asp

 

[Aberclio182]

http://www.hipergroup.com/English/products/hpu-4b580.html these any good?

 

[Lee]

I've bought a lot of Enermax Liberty PSUs here and all the Alienware machines we bought came with Enermax PSUs. Out of 34 two have failed.

If you have money to burn you could get a Tagan PSU. I bought a couple of 900w bad boys recently. They were powering an FX62 with two 7900 GTX Extreme and an Agia PhysX card. Massive overkill, but I had to try one.

 

[Griff]

Lee have you seen Tagan's new 1.1KW (1100 watt) PSU.. THAT is overkill!!

 

[Lee]

Lee have you seen Tagan's new 1.1KW (1100 watt) PSU.. THAT is overkill!!

Yeah, I did see that. Even I couldn't bring myself to spend that sort of money on a PSU. The down side is the amount of cable they have on them is very hard to stuff into a case neatly, plus it's a little longer than normal in size so is a bit of a squeeze in some cases.

 

[Aberclio182]

Enermax Liberty at £60 it is

How much you think he could sell the true blue 480w for? lol

 

[Griff]

£30/£35 maybe.

 

[wozzaa]

Just got one of the new modular corsair ones for my new build solid PSU. And modular cables make it much easier to keep it tidy. and doubt i will need much more than 620w for a while.

 

[Daz]

I've installed 5 Antec PSUs in the last two years..

4 have gone bang.

1 was a replacement to one going bang.

Good RMA service tho.. but it's in the Netherlands.. so like, £22 odd quid to post one back!