Power supply good enough?

[Seanish]

Power Supply Spec.
AC INPUT 115V/230V - 60/50Hz
DC OUTPUT +3.3V +5V +12V1 +12V2 -12V -5V +5VSB
420W Max
Combined
Watts 31A 29A 14A 16A 0.8A 0.3A 2.0A
420W

 

[sniperruff]

looks ok to me.

 

[Tig Ol Bitties]

Try it out...looks good for one card though...if you get artifacts or problems, you'll probably know why

 

[Howard]

What brand and model? I wouldn't use a generic brand no matter how much power it claimed to put out.

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: Howard
What brand and model? I wouldn't use a generic brand no matter how much power it claimed to put out.

Isn't the recommended wattage also 450w?... I thought it was... Or at least 400w.

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: Howard
What brand and model? I wouldn't use a generic brand no matter how much power it claimed to put out.

the rails look decent but yes the brand is also important

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: Howard
What brand and model? I wouldn't use a generic brand no matter how much power it claimed to put out.

Isn't the recommended wattage also 450w?... I thought it was... Or at least 400w.

The number on the sticker on the PSU is just that - a number. Who knows what it really puts out, and with what regulation?

Besides, every PC has a different power requirement.

 

[Bobthelost]

Ignore the 450W recomendation, it's balls. As long as you've got enough juice on the 12V rails you're fine.

Looks alright to me.

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Ignore the 450W recomendation, it's balls. As long as you've got enough juice on the 12V rails you're fine.

Looks alright to me.

I always hate when you post that :laugh:

for 7900GT in SLi (which he won't so yes you can ignore it), a 450w PSU with 26 amps on the +12v is recommended.

 

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Ignore the 450W recomendation, it's balls. As long as you've got enough juice on the 12V rails you're fine.

Looks alright to me.

I always hate when you post that :laugh:

for 7900GT in SLi (which he won't so yes you can ignore it), a 450w PSU with 26 amps on the +12v is recommended.

Well it is

For SLI more power would be needed.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

make sure efficiency is 75% minimum and 85% recommended

 

[AliasX]

I am running 2 optical drives, 1 hard drive, 4 case fans, 2 cold cathode lights, AMD X2 4400+, 2 gigs of ram, 7800GT which consumes more power than the 7900GT, and this is all on a 420watt GENERIC PSU that came with my case.

People only make public their horror stories, never their success ones. Everyone always gets their panties in a bunch about power supplies.

The fact is, word spreads around that the PSU is the most important part, and everyoen gets scared and never tries a generic psu. People are all afraid of the generic psu not working, because one person had a problem with it, and nobody tries them.

Screw power supply, that will work fine.

I have 1 12 volt rail, with 13 on it. My PSU blows.

@ all those who spent lots on money on PSU's, blow me. I didn't spend any and it is working fine.

@ all those who are going to flame me, go ahead to make yourselves feel better, but I won't be checking this thread again

 

[StrangerGuy]

OP still doesn't post what brand and model is his PSU.

 

[TrevorRC]

Originally posted by: AliasX
I am running 2 optical drives, 1 hard drive, 4 case fans, 2 cold cathode lights, AMD X2 4400+, 2 gigs of ram, 7800GT which consumes more power than the 7900GT, and this is all on a 420watt GENERIC PSU that came with my case.

People only make public their horror stories, never their success ones. Everyone always gets their panties in a bunch about power supplies.

The fact is, word spreads around that the PSU is the most important part, and everyoen gets scared and never tries a generic psu. People are all afraid of the generic psu not working, because one person had a problem with it, and nobody tries them.

Screw power supply, that will work fine.

I have 1 12 volt rail, with 13 on it. My PSU blows.

@ all those who spent lots on money on PSU's, blow me. I didn't spend any and it is working fine.

@ all those who are going to flame me, go ahead to make yourselves feel better, but I won't be checking this thread again

Ever measured the voltage rails when you load it up?

See how out of wack they get. When your computer fries or data gets corrupted because of voltage irregularities [and this does happen. Plugging in a fan can kill your HDD because of the flux Imagine what loading an entire computer can do!], and you blame it on overclocking... heh.

I've been down that path before.
--Trevor

Edit: @ OP.

Looks fine, provided you don't have 3 or so optical drives and 2 HDDs and a Xaser III type case with ~8 120mm fans. Heh.

Though it'd still be nice to know the brand.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Originally posted by: AliasX
I am running 2 optical drives, 1 hard drive, 4 case fans, 2 cold cathode lights, AMD X2 4400+, 2 gigs of ram, 7800GT which consumes more power than the 7900GT, and this is all on a 420watt GENERIC PSU that came with my case.

People only make public their horror stories, never their success ones. Everyone always gets their panties in a bunch about power supplies.

The fact is, word spreads around that the PSU is the most important part, and everyoen gets scared and never tries a generic psu. People are all afraid of the generic psu not working, because one person had a problem with it, and nobody tries them.

Screw power supply, that will work fine.

I have 1 12 volt rail, with 13 on it. My PSU blows.

@ all those who spent lots on money on PSU's, blow me. I didn't spend any and it is working fine.

@ all those who are going to flame me, go ahead to make yourselves feel better, but I won't be checking this thread again

You got lucky.

After changing to a generic 400W PSU, and I have to undervolt my Athlon XP 1700+ just to make it run stable with a 166 FSB @ 1.5GHz. The HEC 300W PSU before can run it at 1.83GHz/166 FSB at stock voltage with no problem, even after adding a 9800 Pro.