psu or new cpu ?

[Raven]

hi.

have an antec truepower 380w S works very good and last time i checked it roughly 1 year 3 months ago the V on all 3 rails was well within limits.

3200+ winchester 2.43ghz

k8n sli-fi

7800gt 455/590

leastek tv-card

creative audigy 2

2 harddrives

1 dvd-rw

2 120mm casefans

2x512mb pc4000

is what i have now and its all good and stable.

can the psu handle a new cpu for example an overclocked opteron 165 or 3800+ x2 instead of my old winny ?

exhaust air from the psu is at the moment 33.5 celsius and case temp is 30-31 celsius measured with a third party sensor.

temp was checked with windows running and superpi 32m to push cpu power consumption so doesnt seem to run hot at the moment.

3.3v=28a 5v=35a 12v=18A 3.3v+5v+12v=360w

this is a psu tomshardware managed to pull 471w from before the psu failed for them.

so whats the verdict ?

Regards

Raven

[Raging]

both

[Raven]

both is comming but at the moment i would rather get a new cpu and then later on a new psu when i for a stronger gfx card.

[FragTek]

I put my vote in for new cpu... the psu should be fine for now, but I'd definately have a look at the PCP&C's down the road.

If they are a bit too expensive for ya there in the UK it might be worthwhile to have one of us Americans ship one over to ya. Might be able to save a considerable amount.

[Raging]

yea your psu should do fine with a new proc.

hiper 580w mod's are cool,i have one and it does a good job,decent price tag too.

cheers.

[NickS]

Originally Posted by FragTek

I put my vote in for new cpu... the psu should be fine for now, but I'd definately have a look at the PCP&C's down the road.

If they are a bit too expensive for ya there in the UK it might be worthwhile to have one of us Americans ship one over to ya. Might be able to save a considerable amount.

I'd get a new CPU. Worst case scenerio you pick up another more powerful Antec True Power. They're great PSU's

Nick

[Raven]

pc&p is out f the question, will buy a psu localy incase of trouble and make it easier if i have to use the warranty.

if i would go out tomorrow to buy a psu it would probably be one of these.

antec truepower 30a 12v

tagan 480w

nuuo 16+18a 12v

antec tp2 18+18a 12v

zalman 460w 16+18a 12v

xion 500w 30a 12v

[NickS]

Tagan 480 ftw.

Nick

[FarFarAway]

Ye deffo Tagan

[SuB]

yea go with tagan cheap and fantastic, got a 580 in mine, doesn't even blink with sli