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- Jul 12, 2007
As some may have recently noticed here I've been trying to put a new budget cpu + mobo + ram bundle together and have come to the realization that my Sparkle PSU doesn't have an ESP12V connector for the new motherboard and may not have enough power to juice the new bundle, let alone light overclocking. So I've opened this thread to find out if I need to (or should) replace the lil guy?
HOpefully it's still good enough...
This low budget PSU is what I have now:
SPARKLE ATX-400PN-B204 400W ATX 12V 2.2 Power Supply - OEM (It's a rebadged FSP so it's a good quality build from Fortron)
These low-budget parts (except for the RAM) are what I'm going to get:
ASUS M5A88-V EVO AM3+ AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD FX-4100
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
If the Sparkle is good enough (and for light overclocking), is it OK to use a 8-to-4 pin connector or a 4 Pin + LP4 to 8 Pin connector , whether or not I need to use the whole 8-pin CPU power connector for stock or overclocked settings?
Does that make any sense?
If I need a new PSU then....(sigh) what's a good budget one?
HOpefully it's still good enough...
This low budget PSU is what I have now:
SPARKLE ATX-400PN-B204 400W ATX 12V 2.2 Power Supply - OEM (It's a rebadged FSP so it's a good quality build from Fortron)
These low-budget parts (except for the RAM) are what I'm going to get:
ASUS M5A88-V EVO AM3+ AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD FX-4100
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
If the Sparkle is good enough (and for light overclocking), is it OK to use a 8-to-4 pin connector or a 4 Pin + LP4 to 8 Pin connector , whether or not I need to use the whole 8-pin CPU power connector for stock or overclocked settings?
Does that make any sense?
If I need a new PSU then....(sigh) what's a good budget one?