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    Power Supply Advice

    Hi,

    I have the following system at the moment:

    P4 Prescott 3.4 (550)
    Sapphire X800XT ViVo Pci Express Graphics
    MSI NEO2 Platinum 915p/g Motherboard /w onboard Gigabyte Lan and sound
    2GB Corsair Value DDR2-533 Ram
    250GB Maxtor Diamondmax 10, 7200rpm 16mb cache, SATA drive
    80GB Maxtor 7200rpm IDE drive
    DVD ReWriter (Hitachi I think)
    Creative Audigy 2 Sound Card.
    Thermaltake Xaser V WinGo V7000A Case

    My power supply is an Antec NEOPower 480W ATX PSU.

    Question is, is this power supply good enough for what I am running? I am using the system at the moment and it seems to run pretty well but don't want to risk it for too long if the power supply is insufficient.

    I am not technical when it comes to Power supplies so all advice is welcome but please keep it simple hehe

    If not can someone recommend one that is. Thanks
    Last edited by biffsmash; 08-02-2005 at 04:41 PM.

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    Yep will be fine.

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    Cool thanks

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    That should be an excellent power supply.
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    Cheers I can rest easy now

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    • chriswood_7's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus M2NE SLi
      • CPU:
      • AMD X2 5200+
      • Memory:
      • 3GB DDR2 6400
      • Storage:
      • 1x 120GB + 1x 320GB Seagate IDE
      • Graphics card(s):
      • 512MB BFG 8800GT OC2
      • PSU:
      • 680W Hiper PSU
      • Case:
      • Thermaltake Soprano w/ Window
      • Monitor(s):
      • 15" HPF50s
      • Internet:
      • 10Mbit Virgin Media
    Hey mate, Just noticed about your new rig? 2GB or memory? What on earth must you be running?! You could save money there, even 1GB is excessive at the moment LOL

    Chris

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    Hiya Sorry have been busy so couldnt reply til now.

    Mainly a game called Everquest 2, which eats up the memory like no tomorrow! The difference from 1gb to 2gb was enourmous. Hard drive used to thrash like crazy, now I dont get a peep from it while playing.
    Also I do dvd encoging and stuff, assumed more ram might help, and as I had some spare cash, went for bit more memory.

    Its also nice to be able to turn off the page file for windows, stops annoying hd thrashing in games, especially the one above hehe.

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