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Another "too much power?" thread

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Allright, I have an Antec 350w PSU, and was wondering if my system would be too much on it, as I'm adding another HDD in a few days ($30 for a 160gb HDD, brand new from staples =) )

MSI K7N2 Delta
Athlon 2800+ Barton
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
2x GeiL 512mb PC3200
Lite-On 52x32x52 CD-RW
60gb Maxtor (5200rpm, 2mb cache methinks)
120gb Maxtor(7200rpm, 2mb cache methinks)
160gb Maxtor(7200rpm, 8mb cache)
and two Panaflo 120mm fans.

Would that be too much for the PSU? Also, I'm upgrading the Mobo and the RAM and the HSF soon, and figured I should ask now.

DFI LanParty NF2 Ultra B
Athlon 2800+ Barton w/ Vantec copper HSF with 7k Delta
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
2x Mushkin lvl2 Black 512mb PC3200
Lite-On 52x32x52 CD-RW
60gb Maxtor (5200rpm, 2mb cache methinks)
120gb Maxtor(7200rpm, 2mb cache methinks)
160gb Maxtor(7200rpm, 8mb cache)
and two Panaflo 120mm fans.

On the same PSU, would that be fine?

Thanks in advance
 
That's quite a few hard drives you got there, but I think the PSU will still be able to handle it.

Oh yeah, and that Level II Mushkin, you getting it from Newegg? Just a heads up, it's not "true" level II with BH-5 chips; they're the Mushkin Special 2-2-2 with BH-6 chips, but Newegg renamed them level II.
 
I think you'll be fine.

Originally posted by BillLeeLee
That's quite a few hard drives you got there, but I think the PSU will still be able to handle it.

Oh yeah, and that Level II Mushkin, you getting it from Newegg? Just a heads up, it's not "true" level II with BH-5 chips; they're the Mushkin Special 2-2-2 with BH-6 chips, but Newegg renamed them level II.
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If the BH-6 does 2-2-2 timings, what's the difference?
 
BH-5 are better for overclocking if you go that route.

Also, I see it as false advertising, since Mushkin only called BH-5 chip RAM Level II, but Newegg decided to change the name of the Special 222s to Level II.

It's still good RAM, just letting him know.
 
Originally posted by BillLeeLee
BH-5 are better for overclocking if you go that route.

Also, I see it as false advertising, since Mushkin only called BH-5 chip RAM Level II, but Newegg decided to change the name of the Special 222s to Level II.

It's still good RAM, just letting him know.
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Have you seen any overclocking results with the BH-6? Just curious, b/c according to this, the BH-5 only does 2-2-2 @ DDR433 on AMD boards, not Intel.
 
I'm going more by the fact that BH-6 is 6 ns RAM, whereas BH-5 was 5 ns. I haven't known anyone who has the Special 2-2-2 (except I don't think so). And I've hit 2-2-2 at PC3500 speeds with my Level II (and yes, Prime stable :) ) in my Intel system.

I'd like to see first hand how the BH-6 performs though, but yeah, not gonna spend the money. :p
 
Yeah the lvl2 I'm getting from newegg, though it is now known as 2-2-2 special 1gb dual pack (just checked) I'm not really OC'ing that much, just wanna get my FSB up to 1:1 with the RAM. going from 166 -> 200 is all. I just want the best =) Though, are the single sticks True level 2? At the moment those are @ $143 a stick, and the dual pack is @ $280.

And thanks for the info on the power, I figured I was ok, its an Antec =)
 
Originally posted by BillLeeLee
I'm going more by the fact that BH-6 is 6 ns RAM, whereas BH-5 was 5 ns. I haven't known anyone who has the Special 2-2-2 (except I don't think so). And I've hit 2-2-2 at PC3500 speeds with my Level II (and yes, Prime stable :) ) in my Intel system.

I'd like to see first hand how the BH-6 performs though, but yeah, not gonna spend the money. :p
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Really? So you're running DDR433 @ 2-2-2? Are you using a FSB divider?
 
Originally posted by BillLeeLee
1:1, haven't had to use async mode yet.
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C'mon - crank that 2.4 up :D I want to OC my 2.8 to 3.5, 5:4 divider at DDR400.
 
Allright, I have an Antec 350w PSU, and was wondering if my system would be too much on it, as I'm adding another HDD in a few days ($30 for a 160gb HDD, brand new from staples =) )
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A name brand 350w PSU will handle more then that. Just make sure you dont hook everything up on one line. Thats where people get into trouble and then start spewing about OMG I NEED A 650W PSU!

For most new builds today with mid to high end systems i suggest 400-450w PSU's but you dont need to go any higher then that for the majority of systems.

Have you seen any overclocking results with the BH-6? Just curious, b/c according to this, the BH-5 only does 2-2-2 @ DDR433 on AMD boards, not Intel.
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It depends on the the motherboard. Alot of the time the BH-5 chips will run 2-2-2-5 on most of the Intel boards. It will run 2-2-2-5 on the Abit IC7 series.

I'd like to see first hand how the BH-6 performs though, but yeah, not gonna spend the money.
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As far as timings go it will be the same. Winbond BH-6 chips have 6ns chips compared to the 5ns chips on BH-5. BH-6 is only 166MHz chips while the BH-5 is 200Mhz chips. That in and of itself will limit your overclocking potential. It wont affect the timings for the rated speeds though. You just probably wont be getting any screaming overclocking in 1:1 and 3.2v :p .
 
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