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How much power do I need for this setup?

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Ajax

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My current setup is as follows:
Lian Li PC-V1000b
Abit Fatality AN8
Athlon 64 3200+
2x512 Corsair PC3200LLPT
ATI Radeon X800XL
1x WD Raptor 36.7 gig
1x Maxtor Maxline III 250gig (16meg cache version)
1x Sony DVD Player
1x NEC 16x DVD Burner
2x 120mm fans

And then of course your standard chipset fans, the OTES fans, the OTES ramflow, and the processor fan.

All of that is being powered by an antec neopower 480.

I'd like to add water cooling to this system. I was thinking of going with one of the smaller swiftech systems (h20-120b v3) and I'm trying to determine if I need more power for this box. I've planned to pull the video card heat sink and fan in exchange for a water block as well.

I'm not going for a super overclock here (though I will be ocing it, as I've been able to push 220 fsb with just air cooling and no voltage tweaks), but I'm more looking to cool things down and quiet things down.

So is that neopower 480 (which has shown very good rails) enough power to run this system? Or should I pull it in exchange for something a little bigger?

Thanx,
Ajax
 
antec rocks. sweet and stable supplies.

you're probably okay with what you've got.

antec does not put as much capacity on the 12 V rail as enermax, but unless your pump ends up drawing far more current than i understand that they are supposed to, you should be just fine.

that being said, if you try it and find that your 12 V rail starts to sag, then i'm wrong, but you're unlikely to hurt anything by trying.

this probably belongs in the plain old watercooling section, as opposed to the extreme section, though.
 
Aww crap. I didnt realize I posted it in the extreme section. Lemme see if I can get it moved.
 
None of the local mods are online.
The pump only draws 0.69 amps or so. It's an 8.3watt setup which surprised me. No wonder it's so quiet.
 
I think you will be fine, if you do get another psu, stick with antec, you made a good choice in the first place.
 
Thanks for the input.
I buy power supplies from only 2-3 companies.. Antec, Enermax and if I have a ton of cash, PC Power and Cooling. Modular PSUs are really nice and the Ultra PSU looks outstanding. Too bad I've heard so many bad things about them.
 
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