Suggestions for DFI build

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I'm going to build a new rig for Christmas (specs are in my signature), and I a few questions.

These components (for the most part) requre a lot of power. I got a little scared visiting DFI-Street right after I ordered, and seeing that the minimum requirement for a PSU is about 480-500 watts (based on some of the posts and guides there).

Since the Antec Smart Power 2.0 in my Sonata II case only has 450 watts, will this thing even work? Newegg lists the output as "+3.3V@32A, +5V@30A, +12V1@15A, +12V2@17A, -12V@0.3A, +5VSB@2A", so I'm guessing +12V2@17A is what I want to be looking at (which sounds like enough), but I'm still not sure.

What about cooling? I'm going to be using everything stock for now, with no overclocking, so should that be a problem?

Also, I seem to get the feeling that my memory combination (PQI Turbo) won't work out as smoothly as I planned. The ram uses Samsung TCCD, but I only found two threads on DFI-Street using the search function about these sticks (the TCCD list, and a help thread), which doesnt sound good. I remember seeing some mentions of PQI back with their other models, but not this one.

Thanks.
 
That PSU will definitely be ok. And your TCCD should work well too. The rig looks good and you really shouldn't have many problems. Have fun :)
 
It'll work. Don't let the dfi-street website get you worried. 480W is a ridiculous minimum and only serves to keep the mods from having to diagnose problems of people using crap power supplies. (which a lot of people use)

TCCD/5 works fine on that board and I don't really forsee you having any problems with your RAM.
 
PQI is decent. If it's from Samsung's TCCD, you won't have issues.

Your system build and your no-overclocking plan fits the 450W PSU well.

-J.
 
Thanks for the feedback.

I guess it would be important to mention that this is my first build, and I don't think I did too bad at ~$900.00.

I hope this will be a pretty big upgrade from my old eMachines (AMD 2200+, 768MB RAM, 5700 Ultra - :eek: ).
 
Your PSU will be fine. I have a DFI and I noticed the same thing when I visited dfi-street. I asked them about it, and they told me that those PSU minimum requirements were aimed at the LAN-Party mobo specifically (even though it doesn't say that in the posts that state that requirement.) I'm running a NF4 on a 450W supply (Antec), or it may even be 420W, I can't recall at the moment. Anyway, no problems.
 
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