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PSU for a q6600

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I have an old q6600, 4Gbs of memory, a 3wire PATA raid controller (raid 1) with two 120GB drives, and I am planning on placing an older video card in there for a file server.

Can my 450 watt PSU handle this or should I get a larger one?

Clearly, I am just using spare parts, so I am not looking to invest much into an older pc.
 
it should be fine. i have a coolermaster 460 watt going on 5 years on a q6600 and 8800gt everything overclocked so your power usage should be lower.
 
You're definitely fine. No need to worry unless you're upgrading the graphics to something like a GTX 560 or HD6870.
 
You could do fine with a 300Watt PSU tbqh. (Most people vastly overestimate their power needs).

Though to be fair you didn't specify which PSU it was, if its a piece of junk it may die regardless of the load.
 
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