Is 430 watts enough

I upgraded 1 GB of RAM and added the SB Audigy 2 ZS card. On Friday I'm planning on getting the ATI Radeon 9600 XT AGP card. I have two HDDs and two optical drives. I'm also going to add two LED case fans and a six-inch blue cathotde tube.

Is 430 watts going to be enough for this?

 

Shadowhawk,

Here's a link to a site that will give you a pretty good idea of your power supply requirements based on the hardware you have. I think this link was posted in one of the forums here some time ago, at least I think that is where I got it from. Hope this helps.

http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/

Bill

 

It says 316 watts, so I guess 430 is good enough. Thanks.

 

Don't concern yourself much with the wattage, look very closely at the AMPS that the power supply can provide on the 3.3 Volt "Rail ", the 5.0 Volt "Rail ", and the 12 Volt "Rail ". The "Rail" is how a lot of people like to phrase it.

AMPS are good!! More amps the better on each voltage "Rail ".

Check out Enermax's site. None better to me. You get what you pay for.

Dale

 

Are you saying that Enermax is better than Antec?