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Can someone confirm my PSU requirements please?
I'm finally bringing my home PC into this decade by installing Win7 Pro x64 this week. The current XP x86 installation has been having some bad problems the past couple of weeks, I think partly because of some malware I got a couple months back, and also partly because I was dual-booting XP and Win8 for a bit, and Win8 screwed it up bad to the point of the computer not being able to boot at all (no boot device found). Windows 8 is now completely gone and will NOT be coming back.
*edit* I posted about the problems I was having a couple of weeks ago here: http://www.eightforums.com/bsod-cras...r-failure.html
The system currently has some older hardware, which I'm planning on upgrading in the near future. It's currently running a Core2 Duo processor, Intel mobo, on-board graphics, 3GB RAM, 250GB boot drive and 1TB storage drive, DVD-RW and card reader, all powered by a relatively newer Antec EarthWatts 430W PSU. This PSU went in after an older Antec 450W PSU died.
So anyway, I'm planning on upgrading to the following components:
- i7 2600K 3.4 GHz
- Asus mobo with HDMI and 6 GB SATA connections
- 16GB Gskill Ripjaws DDR3-1600 RAM
- GeForce GTX 560 1GB GPU
- possibly a 128 GB SSD to replace the 250GB HDD (less than 40GB is currently in use for OS and apps)
I checked out the eXtreme Power Supply calculator and put in everything, and even said I would be running both HDD's plus a SSD (will probably only run the SSD and 1TB HDD), and it came up with 396 watts.
I typically keep this machine on 24/7 so that it can run updates and backups to external 1TB HDD overnight. I first built the machine in 2006, had some various parts fail including a 160 GB 10K RPM SATA drive catastrophically fail in 2009, at which point I swapped out to some different parts (CPU, mobo, HDD's), and later the PSU.
Would my current 430W PSU be sufficient or should I look at something else in the 500-600W range? I'd rather not have to take on that cost if I can help it, plus I don't think there's anything wrong with it, and I have no other use for it. Back when the system was connected to a UPS, the UPS software always reported that the system was only drawing just over 200W but I'm sure that was at a relatively idle state.
Any suggestions or comments?
Last edited by PatrickGSR94; 17 Oct 2012 at 10:03.