Vip 500w gold help

[Adibaba]

Hey guyz i gotta VIP 500w gold smps and Amd x4 955,asus M4A88TD,1tb,1 dvd rw drive. Will my smps suffice Ati 6670. If not which graphic card should i go for.Well would love to play the latest games for the next year or so.
All help is much appreciated.
thank you

 

[ashis_lakra]

Yes, it should be sufficient at stock clock settings. VIP is blacklisted in PSU recommendation thread but by the nomenclature its gold .. Is it 80+ GOLD rated ? lol

 

[Adibaba]

well by nomenclature its 500w(its not gonna b dat efficient) . got influenced by wrong opinion and bought it lemme buy it n check if someone havin d same can reallly help me

 

[topgear]

what's the +12v amp rating of the PSU .

 

[saswat23]

For HD 6670 its safe IMO.

 

[Tech_Wiz]

System is pretty low power hungry. It will suffice imo. Later replace with FSP 500W or Cosair 430W unit

 

[d6bmg]

We will be able to answer only if you post the max current in 12V rail.

I heard that the gold series isn't as bad as rest of the PSUs.

 

[avinandan012]

955 at stock clock draws about 120W at full load

 

[d6bmg]

Then I think the present PSU is a safe bet.

 

[topgear]

yep, may be as long as OP does not OC the cpu.

 

[Adibaba]

sorry for the late reply 12v rail max current is 18A

 

[topgear]

18 amp is really paltry for Phenom II 955 + HD 6670 - change the PSU.

 

[skeletor]

lol, 18A * 12V = 216 watts.

All good PSUs have around ~80% of the rating on the 12 V rail.

Dunno how VIP labelled it as 500 watt.

 

[topgear]

lol, 18A * 12V = 216 watts.

All good PSUs have around ~80% of the rating on the 12 V rail.

Dunno how VIP labelled it as 500 watt.

it's common for such PSU manufacturers - for eg. Zebroncs Platinum PSU has 22A on +12v rail and this thing costs Rs. 2k - usually these psus have high amp rating for +3.3v and +5v rails which is useless .

Just check this out

ZEB-500W - Power Supplies - Platinum Series - Zebronics - Always Ahead - Largest Range of Peripherals

 

[Adibaba]

but the 6670 draws power from the mobo so i think dat will work

 

[topgear]

^^ and the mobo has to draw power from the psu and PSu may run the config with the 955BE just fine but adding a HD6670 will put additional ~50-60W load on it which your PSU won't be able to handle hence getting a new PSU is recommended.

 

[Adibaba]

man i dont want to go for new one,maybe i can push through the 66708

 

[ashis_lakra]

Good luck, maybe you can push it You asked experts and you got your answer.

 

[rockfella]

You're gambling here. Gamble or upgrade! SIMPLE!