When to get a bigger PSU?

[zap3v]

I have an Antec 300 watt PSU now and have a lot hooked up to it and was wondering how I'd know when I needed a new PSU for SURE. I probably will get a 400 watt+ sometime soon, but if I really don't need it, I'll be more likely to wait.

I have an OCed 1.4 athlon (to 1.6), 2 60 mm 38 CFM Deltas (one on Thermalright SK-6 heatsink, the other on my video card), 6 80 mm case fans, CD-RW, floppy, 7200 RPM HD, GeForce 2 MX400, few PCIs.

I monitor my voltages (+12v, +5v, +3.3v, and vcore) regularly and they stay nearly identical to those values. I never see any "dragging down" as it were of any of them regardless of what I am doing.

I will go with Antec or Enermax for my larger PSU as they seem to be industry standard. Any thoughts on this too?

Thanks for any and all replies.

[LutaWicasa]

Welcome to OCers !!
Well, if you're not experiencing any probs or drops in voltage....sure, wait. That is assuming you'll not be adding more power hungry hardware of course :D

And by the way...ya really shouldn't double post. It gets kinda crowded :)

Hey, why do ya need a Delta screamer on the Vid ??

[zap3v]

I put the Delta on my video card because it was getting way too hot and instead of buying the Blue Orb, I had the Delta sitting around from my old heatsink (GlobalWin WBK38). I stuck some double-sided tabs to hang things on the wall to the heatsink and pressed the fan against it. I got a really good attachment. I can't even tell the noise increase since my current setup was loud already. It cools it really, really well too, as expected with that much power.

I removed the double post too. I posted it accidentally in another forum and I wanted it in here instead not realizing I couldn't delete it. I did though, so now it's only in here.

[LutaWicasa]

Yeah, i'll bet it keeps it really cool :D

I guess 2 screamers wouldn't make it twice as loud, just probably more pervasive ;)