Power Supply Question

[john81]

I’m helping my friend put together a budget htpc with some old PC parts I’ve had lying around. The parts I have are two old hard drives, a power supply, DVD drive, and a case.

I was wondering if someone could take a look at the micro atx board/cpu we plan to get and let me know if my old power supply would cause any issues/be sufficient. The power supply I have is a Thermaltake 430W Model #XP550 NP, it does not have a whole lot of use on it. Will it work fine with the following board?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Combo...g-_-NormalCombo-_-774017&nm_mc=BF2011_listing

AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFK42GM – OEM

I currently plan to use the onboard video, but we will probably add a bluray drive and upgrade the graphics card at which time I’m assuming a new power supply would be needed. I’d imagine the 430w power supply would be more than enough for now. Is there any compatibility issues/power issues? Thank

 

[Tsumi]

Older Thermaltake power supplies are not known for their quality, but it should work fine.

 

[john81]

Thanks Tsumi, I've heard that, just hoping it won't blow up or anything in the next 6 months until he can budget in a video card and a better power supply. Do you know much about the onboard video on that board. Will play bluray decently? Happy Thanksgiving

 

[Profumo]

It's a very poor HEC unit, pretty old too.. you really want something better.. as far as the CPU/MoBo combo I'd say go for a SandyB I3 and a cheap H61 motherboard.