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Should I upgrade or?

post #1 of 5
8/20/12 at 7:20pm
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So I am at a cross roads. I have a turbo cool 510 sli (510w continuous 650w peak) power supply. My system comprises of
Phenom x4
Basic AMD motherboard
4gb x 2 DDR3 ram
ATI 7850
1 SSD drive
2 7200rpm drives
DL dvd burner
recon3d sound card

and of course the fans and peripherals.

So my question is. Is my power supply enough for this or should I upgrade? I just do not want to put any strain on my components.

Thanks for your time,
mrfruits

P.S. let me know if i left anything out that you might need to know.
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post #2 of 5
8/20/12 at 8:01pm
In all honesty you could run that system on a good 350-400 watt PSU, however I've never heard of your PSU before and to me it sounds quite iffy.
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post #3 of 5
8/20/12 at 8:57pm
That was a brilliant unit in its time, about 10 years ago smile.gif... if it's in good condition it should work just fine. wink.gif
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post #4 of 5
8/20/12 at 9:02pm
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ah good thanks guys, yeah love this lil psu was hoping it was enough. I think I have had it for almost 10 years and it is still in good condition. thumb.gif
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post #5 of 5
8/20/12 at 9:03pm
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That was a brilliant unit in its time, about 10 years ago smile.gif... if it's in good condition it should work just fine. wink.gif
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