Confused with PSU

[meodowla]

Hi..
I've this P.C:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ @ 3GHz (Now at 3.3GHz)
Corsair XMS2 800MHz 2x2GB Dual Channel memory
MSI HD4850 512MB GPU
WD 160GB SATA HDD
SONY Floppy Drive
SONY DVD Dual+-RW

on

Zebronics 400W Platinum PSU (http://www.zebronics.net/Platinum_Powersupply.asp)


Do i need to upgrade/increase the PSU?

 

[MTIH1992]

According to Antec's PSU Wattage requirement calculator your computer uses ~372W at 85% CPU Utilization, adn 90% system load.

(I made a little guess work that the voltage on your CPU has been upped from the stock 1.3 to 1.4)

Although your 400W PSU does about cover it, it depends on its age to cater for Capacitor ageing, and also its efficiency rating. Also, running a PSU at close to, or at its maximum output may not be too healthy after a while, so I'd reccomend upgrading to a 450W atleast, or maybe even a 500W for a little extra headroom. You may also even notice an increase in overall system performance.

See for yourself:
http://www.antec.outervision.com/

 

[Silverion77]

Id change it just so u dont have the possibility of that thing blowing up and killing some of ur parts

 

[meodowla]

Thanks for the support... as you said, i'm going to change to 500W.....