PSU How much power I need

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by mfaridi, 30 Dec 2009.

  1. mfaridi

    mfaridi What's a Dremel?

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    Happy Christmas ;
    My mainboard is ASUS M2N-PLUS SLI Delux,
    my CPU is AMD dual core 2800
    I have 4GB corsair RAM DDR 800
    MY VGA is 9600 Nvidia
    I have 500 GB HDD SATA Western Digital,
    I have 200 GB HDD IDE samsung
    I have 80 GB HDD IDE maxtor
    I have 80 GB HDD SATA maxtor
    I have 20 GB HDD IDE quantum
    I have sony DVD writer IDE
    I have one wireless LAN card ,
    I install in each HDD one OS , for example I install Mint Linux on Western Digitall , Solaris install on quantum , FreeBSD install on Samsung and OpenBSD install on maxtor and windows install on another maxtor HDD ,
    when I want choose OS I go to boot menu and choos HDD and start use OS , my default OS is FreeBSD ,
    I want change power supply , last power supply was 780 Watt and I think iit has problem , because when my computer is Turn OFF , I hear noise from back of case , I think this noise is cause of power supply

    no I have two question
    1- why I hear noise from back of case ?
    2- How much power I need for this hardwares ?
     
  2. The_Beast

    The_Beast I like wood ಠ_ಠ

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    a good 600 watt PSU would be enough


    I recommend a corsair or antec
     
  3. mfaridi

    mfaridi What's a Dremel?

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    Thanks
    But in here I can not find corsair and antec with good warranty , we have in here coolmaster
     
  4. tonpal

    tonpal What's a Dremel?

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    Coolermaster should be fine.

    If the PSU has a multiple 12V rails make sure the 12V rail that feeds the HDDs has plenty of capacity.
     

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