500w power supply

[SIRCOOKS]

does it matter that compuetr came with a 350 watt atx 12v power supply, and i want to upgrade to a 500 watt because of extra fans and hard drive coolers...holla back

[mrtristan]

It should be a simple swap. Just be sure to reconnect all of your equipment to the new power supply. You can never have too much power.

[redwudz]

It probably matters more on the quality of the power supply. I have a good quality 300W PS and I have a DVD burner, CD burner, DVD rom, zip drive, 4 HD's and 4 case fans and the PS runs cool. Quality VS Quanity is sometimes more important. Also the rating of the cheaper 400-500W PS's are a little suspicious. Simple way to check your PS is to feel the heat coming off the PS fan; If it is very warm even on light loads, you have a problem. If it is hot under heavy loads, it will fail early. If I really had to make a recommendation, I would say about 400W, name brand PS.

[SIRCOOKS]

aiight guys, i just wanted to know because i wanted to hook up more stuff, i just installled a new antec 350 watt atx 12v power supply and that seems to be working very well, however because of all the new cooling devices i wanna get i wanna make sure of my power...hola back with anymore suggestions aiight...

[Craig Tucker]

My power supply is 350W (from recollection) Antec as well I think, came with my cheiftec case.

I have 6 case fans, 5 Hard drives, CD Burner, DVD Burner, Powered internal Card Reader/USB/Firewire device, floppy drive, zip drive and Soundblaster Audigy platinum. All powered with this supply.

No problems so far. I have thought about getting a heftier power supply, but this one seems to be working just fine.

[rallynavvie]

Heh, I've got an Antec True550 power supply in my video box. I highly recommend the Antec True-series power supplies as they have voltages on different rails. Very nice feature. I'm powering a power hungry motherboard and CPUs, 7 hard drives (2 are 15krpm SCSI drives), 10 80mm fans, 2 DVD burners, 1 DVD-ROM, a DigitalDoc5, a GameTheaterXP 7.1 sound card, a non-functioning powered graphics card (the new one I'm troubleshooting), and a few USB powered devices. I was thinking of plugging the monitor into it as well but there's really no need for that