Psu Problems

sebastianlieken

im jus after puttin the following together:

grafix http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=332090&view=detailed
mobo http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=322929
ram http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=312054
cpu http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=322633
harddrive Samsung SpinPoint SV8004H 250 GB

the problem i have is, i think the power supply (580watt) i bought is faulty,i tried it in my old system....no good. wat i want to do is grab a 400 watt psu and see if the power is in fact the only problem. if i put a 400watt psu with this system for only half an hour max, will it be strong enough, will it cause any damage, etc?????? please advise

joshcork

I'd say it would be fine just don't do much torture testing or anything, the way I understand it is that you shouldn't really use a PSU's wattage to the max it's better to have a PSU's half way point wattage rating as the nominal point for operation of the computer.
Don't forget the efficiency rating which offsets the wattage rating on the front aswell. For your purpose of just seeing if it works I'd say it should be ok.

good luck

DirkVoodoo

What make of PSU? 400W sounds a little low for that system, If your PSU didn't work with another rig, I'd say its fair to assume its gone to the big hardware store in the sky. Send it back and get a replacement.

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