Is a 430W PSU well suited for overclocking?

To be honest, I'm not just broke right now but unemployed, and appealing for unemployment benefits because I was considered inelegible so it'll be awhile till I see some $$. But I'll consider the offer when and if I get the money u know what I mean? :)
 
name='ManuelJ' said:
To be honest, I'm not just broke right now but unemployed, and appealing for unemployment benefits because I was considered inelegible so it'll be awhile till I see some $$. But I'll consider the offer when and if I get the money u know what I mean? :)

Read my review man, ur PSU shld be fine for years to come ;)
 
Well, if you look at my specs, I'm actually running all of my stuff off of an Antec TruepowerII 430W. I do have a fair bit of stuff too :)
 
name='NickS' said:
Read my review man, ur PSU shld be fine for years to come ;)

I just read it. I'm a bit ignorant about some of the technicalities you speak off bit I guess my main question would be: will it be able handle overclocking, contrary to what I've been told? And about that statement that guy made on the other forum that my PSU was "not suitable for a PCI-E rig", doesn't the PSU come with a PCI-E conector?
 
name='ManuelJ' said:
doesn't the PSU come with a PCI-E conector?

who cares ;)

im running a pcie rig with a 380w psu and both cpu and gpu is overclocked and their is no pcie powerconnector on this psu.

using a 2 molex -> pcie and works just fine.

its an antec truepower 380w S so its a quality psu but still, a pcie psu isnt a requierment, aslong as the psu have enough power then the rest is minor problems.
 
No I know, but the fact that it comes with a pci-e conector would make it more than suitable for a pci-e rig even though my card doesn't use it. I guess more powerful cards require such a conection.
 
definitly, a 7800gt draws 70w and their is no motherboard that can take it.

a x1900xtx draws 120w.

a pcie connector is usefull but not a requirment and their is no reason to not chose a psu today with atleast 1 pcie connector when buying a new one.
 
name='werty316' said:
Whats the worset that could happen if you just tried?

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sigh , just buy a tagan or a FSP ( Fortron ) and be done with it man. You will kick urself later on if you stick to the TT PSU ( its not a bad one , but you will just have to upgrade it later on for sure ) .
 
name='"werty316"' said:
Whats the worset that could happen if you just tried?
ROFL at Kemp's posting of one of Jim's torture test recipients who couldn't hack the pressure :rollingla That'll scare him for sure
 
name='PV5150' said:
That'll scare him for sure

thats what happens with cheap psu's.

over at tomshardware you canf ind pictures of a q-tec 550w that actually EXPLODED, or atleast the capacitors did in it and it happened far from the specified maximum power output.
 
welcome to the club PV :)

q-tec is the worst brand you can get but codegen isnt far behind from what i have heard.
 
could need 4 of those, to rest my feet on :p or chase away burglars

i have close experience with a 300w jnc, came with a cheap case but works fine and steady power.

nforce2 xp2400+ a couple of harddrives is not a problem.

chieftec 420w, replaced the above jnc when i bought a gfx card.

works good and V on the 3 main rails is well within acceptable limits.

antec 380w truepower S, runs my current setup with good V on the 3 main rails although 5v is a tad low at 4.89-4.9v but rock steady and puts out the same amount of power(manufacture specification) as the 420w chieftec does.

next one will be a tagan from what it looks like now.
 
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