Will 400W be enough?

[Kimba]

Hi,
Will PSU Chieftec 400W be sufficent for this PC:
- Gigabyte MA770-DS3
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
- Gigabyte GeForce 8800 GT or HD 3870
- 2 GB Kingmax PC6400
- Seagate 160 GB

[Pabl0z]

No.

[Stereo]

I think 650W is the bare minimum for that...

[Pabl0z]

Haha.
Don't get too carried away.
500W should be enough already, 550W to be on the safe side.

[PSZeTa]

I think a 450 would be okay, not sure about Chieftecs though.

[Carcrazy]

Yeah dude, don't skimp for a cheap PSU... get a decent name-brand supply.

[Pabl0z]

Chieftec is ok.
At least their cases are.

[Carcrazy]

As long as you don't buy one from your neon company, (like me,) you're okay.

That PSU even powered a quad and didn't break, so I'll give it it's props.

[donaldgladden]

Get a Antec PSU while they still have their hi-W budget psus out. Trust me my 550W is still trucking

[S2000_Skyline12]

Low end Antec PSUs suck. Go for a Corsair or hither end Antec, you don't want your system collapsing under pressure just cause you skimped on a PSU

[Carcrazy]

You could also look at the OCZ GameXstream PSU's. If you're like me and like those, but you really want Modular cabling, just get one of the Zalman PSU's, since they're almost identical, other than the fact that the Zalman's do have modular support.

[Kimba]

Tnx all for advices. I know that PSU is an important part of the system. But this system will use around 375 W. I will buy some stronger PSU later 'cause I'm short on cash.

[Carcrazy]

I honestly suggest not getting that close to your estimated usage... your computer may go over that under a load. Although that may depend on whether that 400watt rating is a continuous or max rating.