Hey I'm building a computer for my girlfriend, is a pretty basic simple computer. She's only going to be using it for web surfing and media playing. The system is going to have a Foxconn motherboard with intergrated graphics paired with a E6600. 2 SATA HDD and a DVD burner with a PCI-E audio card. I think is 330watts is way more than enough for this system. Do you guys think is enough?
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Enough power?
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Limp Gawd
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Yes, but I still would not skimp on the psu. The EA-380 is only $40 shipped.
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Careful, those SmartPower's are prone to premature failure due to Fuhjyyu caps and a low powered 80mm fans. The $20 you save will most likely cause you much more than that in lost hardware and/or downtime. Not to mention it's not going to have a warranty. For $40 you get a quality Seasonic-built psu with a 3yr. warranty. IMO it's a no-brainer.
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Heed the above advice. Though that system won't use that much power, the Smartpowers were well known for dying at all levels of power load.