Is 430W enough?

**mcharley94** · 05-27-2007, 12:17 PM

OK, as mentioned elsewhere I am building a new system, which consists of....

MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX MB

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz 775 Processor

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

1 - Western Digital Caviar 200GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

1 (for now) - GIGABYTE GeForce 7300GT 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video card

1 - DVD drive

1 - DVD/RW drive

I am building the system in an off brand ATX mid tower case that has a 430W P/S in it already, but I cannot determine the manufacturer (says X Power on the 2 fans and X Power PS-450 right on the side). I can't find anything about it on line, so I was going to swap it out for another P/S I have on hand, that being a Thermaltake TR2-430W.

My question....bearing in mind I am only going to be running the one video card is 430W enough for the above? I may add another video card in the future, and if so I do I think I'll need more power but until then is this enough or should I go buy yet another P/S

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 05-27-2007, 12:45 PM

You should buy a antec trio 650 watt, it has a great money vs proformance ratio, and 430 watts in not enough for any upgrades along the road.

dai · 05-27-2007, 01:14 PM

the 430 will not run it for long let alone upgrades
put your specs in to here and add 30% to the end result
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/p...ulatorlite.jsp
and it's based on using a quality psu
have a read here
http://www.techsupportforum.com/showthread.php?t=107466

**mcharley94** · 05-27-2007, 01:49 PM

Very Kewl Tool !!!

T/Y both

I guess I knew I needed a better one, just needed to be told so, yet more $$$

dai · 05-27-2007, 01:55 PM

when you go to build a computer,you get your list of componenets
work out the power required
if the budget is not big enough you compromise on the components never on the psu,until you bring it back into budget
always over power never underpower
always use quality psu's cheap ones you may as well just put a match to the cash

**mcharley94** · 05-27-2007, 02:31 PM

Sound advice.

OK so how about OCZ's GameXStream 700W?

It's $10 more than Antec's Trio 650W but their offering a $25 MIR

dai · 05-27-2007, 03:35 PM

stick with the antec as there is a question mark over if it is actually a 700w or only actually outputs 600w

**mcharley94** · 05-27-2007, 06:54 PM

Will do, thanks...now off to the Vista thread.....32bit or 64bit

05-27-2007, 12:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
mcharley94 I helped the forums. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Central Michigan Posts: 238 OS: XP Home SP3 / Vista Home Premium SP1/Ubuntu My System	Is 430W enough? OK, as mentioned elsewhere I am building a new system, which consists of.... MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX MB Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz 775 Processor G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) 1 - Western Digital Caviar 200GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive 1 (for now) - GIGABYTE GeForce 7300GT 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video card 1 - DVD drive 1 - DVD/RW drive I am building the system in an off brand ATX mid tower case that has a 430W P/S in it already, but I cannot determine the manufacturer (says X Power on the 2 fans and X Power PS-450 right on the side). I can't find anything about it on line, so I was going to swap it out for another P/S I have on hand, that being a Thermaltake TR2-430W. My question....bearing in mind I am only going to be running the one video card is 430W enough for the above? I may add another video card in the future, and if so I do I think I'll need more power but until then is this enough or should I go buy yet another P/S

05-27-2007, 12:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,528 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: Is 430W enough? You should buy a antec trio 650 watt, it has a great money vs proformance ratio, and 430 watts in not enough for any upgrades along the road. __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

05-27-2007, 01:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,593 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Is 430W enough? the 430 will not run it for long let alone upgrades put your specs in to here and add 30% to the end result http://www.extreme.outervision.com/p...ulatorlite.jsp and it's based on using a quality psu have a read here http://www.techsupportforum.com/showthread.php?t=107466 __________________

05-27-2007, 01:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
mcharley94 I helped the forums. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Central Michigan Posts: 238 OS: XP Home SP3 / Vista Home Premium SP1/Ubuntu My System	Re: Is 430W enough? Very Kewl Tool !!! T/Y both I guess I knew I needed a better one, just needed to be told so, yet more $$$

05-27-2007, 01:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,593 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Is 430W enough? when you go to build a computer,you get your list of componenets work out the power required if the budget is not big enough you compromise on the components never on the psu,until you bring it back into budget always over power never underpower always use quality psu's cheap ones you may as well just put a match to the cash __________________

05-27-2007, 02:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
mcharley94 I helped the forums. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Central Michigan Posts: 238 OS: XP Home SP3 / Vista Home Premium SP1/Ubuntu My System	Re: Is 430W enough? Sound advice. OK so how about OCZ's GameXStream 700W? It's $10 more than Antec's Trio 650W but their offering a $25 MIR

05-27-2007, 03:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,593 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Is 430W enough? stick with the antec as there is a question mark over if it is actually a 700w or only actually outputs 600w __________________

05-27-2007, 06:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
mcharley94 I helped the forums. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Central Michigan Posts: 238 OS: XP Home SP3 / Vista Home Premium SP1/Ubuntu My System	Re: Is 430W enough? Will do, thanks...now off to the Vista thread.....32bit or 64bit