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- Apr 5, 2011
Hi! I have some new pc parts coming on Tuesday and I didn't think when I bought them that I may not have enough power. I am a longtime builder and I ususally just buy a much bigger power supply than I need to compensate for not really knowing how to add up voltages and stuff(I am TERRIBLE at math). I currently have an Apevia 650w psu, you can find it here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817148041
It is about 9 months old but its working great. I know many folks have had issues with Apevia but I've owned 3 of them now in the past like 4 or 5 years and they all have worked amazingly.
So anyway I am building a new mutt pc using parts from this old one. here is what my new pc will have inside:
Mobo: ASRock 990FX Extreme 3
CPU: AMD FX-4170 4.2ghz
RAM: 8gb(2x4gb) Gskill Ares
Video: Radeon HD 6950 2gb
HDD: 500gb Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm
Basically the only thing that I am changing is I am upgrading from an Athlon II X-4 635 2.9ghz to an FX-4170. I am also upgrading from 1333 ram to 1866 ram, same amount and brand and type though. Well the stuff I have is Ripjaws and the new stuff is Ares but other than that very close. Oh yeah and the mobo. My current one is a Gigabyte MA770t-UD3. You can find it here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128451
So basically, will my current PSU be enough to power the new stuff? Also I had one more question. it is regarding the hard drive. I don't really know much about SATA and all that stuff, I just plug stuff in lol. Anyway upon looking I noticed that the new mobo I am buying as SATA 6gb/s and my hard drive is only 3gb/s. I am assuming that it will still work fine right? I mean its not like the hard drive is ever coming close to those speeds anyway no?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817148041
It is about 9 months old but its working great. I know many folks have had issues with Apevia but I've owned 3 of them now in the past like 4 or 5 years and they all have worked amazingly.
So anyway I am building a new mutt pc using parts from this old one. here is what my new pc will have inside:
Mobo: ASRock 990FX Extreme 3
CPU: AMD FX-4170 4.2ghz
RAM: 8gb(2x4gb) Gskill Ares
Video: Radeon HD 6950 2gb
HDD: 500gb Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm
Basically the only thing that I am changing is I am upgrading from an Athlon II X-4 635 2.9ghz to an FX-4170. I am also upgrading from 1333 ram to 1866 ram, same amount and brand and type though. Well the stuff I have is Ripjaws and the new stuff is Ares but other than that very close. Oh yeah and the mobo. My current one is a Gigabyte MA770t-UD3. You can find it here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128451
So basically, will my current PSU be enough to power the new stuff? Also I had one more question. it is regarding the hard drive. I don't really know much about SATA and all that stuff, I just plug stuff in lol. Anyway upon looking I noticed that the new mobo I am buying as SATA 6gb/s and my hard drive is only 3gb/s. I am assuming that it will still work fine right? I mean its not like the hard drive is ever coming close to those speeds anyway no?