Basic guide for the right power supply
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G620 consumes very little power - so it should work fine with the PSU you have but if you can upgrade to a better PSu later
Under 3k you can get either Tagan TG500-U37 500W or Corsair CX500v2
happy17292
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Thanks, i will upgrade to fsp saga II 500W in few months.
happy17292
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ok, bt what about voltages?? i am currently running pentium D [95W TDP] , can i run athlon II X4 [95W TDP] on same psu?
thetechfreak
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ameya.gargesh
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Hi everyone, I could really use some help choosing a PSU for my build.
I have a machine with the following configuration -
Processor - Athlon II X4 630
Motherboard - Asus M4A785TD-V EVO
Graphics Card - None (Using onboard graphics)
RAM - Kingston 2x4GB (1333MHz)
HDD - WD 500GB Sata
Optical Drive - Samsung DVD R+W
Cabinet - Zebronics Bijli with PSU
I use this machine for Software development. I am running a couple of Virtual Machines on top of Opensuse 12.1. The machine was running fine for the last year or so but for the last couple of weeks, there has been a strange whirring sound coming from the Power supply. I knew I was taking a risk when I didn't buy a proper PSU (but had budget constraints at the time) and relied on the one that came with the cabinet which normally is pretty crappy. I want to upgrade now to a branded PSU before I burn out some other parts of the machine. I calculated my Power requirements and it comes to somewhere around 290W (with all upgrades I would think of for the next couple of years including a graphics card even though I am not thinking of it now). Given that, which of the following PSU's would you recommend?
Gigabyte Superb RS 460 for 2-2.2K
FSP Saga II 400W for approx 2K
FSP Saga II 500W for approx 2.2K
Antec 350W for approx 2.4K (I am thinking that this will be too close to my existing power requirements)
I am not planning on upgrading this machine with a graphics card as I already have an Xbox 360 for gaming.
I am open to any other suggestions as well. Any place to purchase the PSU would also help. I am currently based in Pune and most of the vendors here are carrying only VIP PSUs. I wouldn't mind buying online
I have a machine with the following configuration -
Processor - Athlon II X4 630
Motherboard - Asus M4A785TD-V EVO
Graphics Card - None (Using onboard graphics)
RAM - Kingston 2x4GB (1333MHz)
HDD - WD 500GB Sata
Optical Drive - Samsung DVD R+W
Cabinet - Zebronics Bijli with PSU
I use this machine for Software development. I am running a couple of Virtual Machines on top of Opensuse 12.1. The machine was running fine for the last year or so but for the last couple of weeks, there has been a strange whirring sound coming from the Power supply. I knew I was taking a risk when I didn't buy a proper PSU (but had budget constraints at the time) and relied on the one that came with the cabinet which normally is pretty crappy. I want to upgrade now to a branded PSU before I burn out some other parts of the machine. I calculated my Power requirements and it comes to somewhere around 290W (with all upgrades I would think of for the next couple of years including a graphics card even though I am not thinking of it now). Given that, which of the following PSU's would you recommend?
Gigabyte Superb RS 460 for 2-2.2K
FSP Saga II 400W for approx 2K
FSP Saga II 500W for approx 2.2K
Antec 350W for approx 2.4K (I am thinking that this will be too close to my existing power requirements)
I am not planning on upgrading this machine with a graphics card as I already have an Xbox 360 for gaming.
I am open to any other suggestions as well. Any place to purchase the PSU would also help. I am currently based in Pune and most of the vendors here are carrying only VIP PSUs. I wouldn't mind buying online
coderunknown
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i am using FSP Saga II 400W. only complain is short length of all the cables. Gigabyte Superb 460W is based on FSP Saga II 500W (most likely its relabelled).
get it from ITWares. check Corsair CX430W V2. it carries 1yr additional warranty over FSP's 2.
get it from ITWares. check Corsair CX430W V2. it carries 1yr additional warranty over FSP's 2.
@ ameya.gargesh - your rig can't consume 290W even with full load - the max power consumption wouyld be around ~160-190W without any gfx card - so if you buy a gfx card later ( having around ~100-130W TDP ) you can safely use it with PSus like FSP Saga II 500 / Corsair CX430v2 but if you plan for some more powerful gfx card get something more powerful
thetechfreak
Legend Never Ends
@ameya
out of the ones you mentioned which are
out of the ones you mentioned which are
get the Fsp II 500w. Would be better if you change your mind in future about installing a graphic card.
happy17292
Ambassador of Buzz
You mean the FSP 500wYes it will easily run the Athlon
no i mean my current psu,
i am currently running this config on that PSU
pentium D 2.8GHz [95W TDP]
2 X DDR1 RAM
40GB IDE + 1TB WD green
FX5500 GPU [50-70W TDP]
ODD
450W PSU with 19A on +12V rail
plz check voltages and temps, of above config running on that same psu
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after upgrading i will have
athlon II X3 [95W TDP]
4GB DDR3 1333MHz single stick ram
80GB IDE+ 1TB WD green
ODD
GT240 1GB [70W TDP]
450W PSU with 19A on +12V
is it safe to run above config on same PSU considering my current Pentium D is running fine, and both pentium D and athlon II X3/X4 have same 95W TDP ??
bcoz if its unsafe i will have to buy intel G620 [65W TDP] CPU. as i can't afford new PSU for few months
happy17292
Ambassador of Buzz
i will have to chhose G620 as i can't afford a new psu yet
coderunknown
Retired Forum Mod
give that excuse to yourself when your psu gives out smoke
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