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[Dr_Doom]

Hai. I'm in the process of building my PC and I need some advice from you all.

Parts I have:
- Coolermaster Haf 912
- Radeon HD 3870 ( I know its extremely old, but I got it for free so for the time being its my GPU )
- Western Digital 500 GB Caviar Green HDD
- AMD A6 6400K ( I'll upgrade within a month to a A8 when I sell my iPhone )
- No motherboard yet ( suggestions appreciated )
- 4GB's Crucial Ram
- LG Optical Drive

Now, my problem is the Power Supply. A friend of mine is offering to sell me a Brand New 400W PSU for $10.00 USD
Is it really worth it or should I just buy a more power Power Supply.
( I only have 150 USD left for the build )

[Ethan]

whats the minimum your motherbaord and everything else has to be.. if your montherboard needs 500w or something (im not a geek like some) then a $10 400w PSU aint gonna cut it.  BTW I bought my PSU for like $50 and its 450w (I think)

[iDarkRain]

Buy that PSU, is just $10, if it doesnt work just buy another

[Dr_Doom]

I want to buy it, but I don't want it to strain the system.

[Dr_dog]

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

A handy tool to see what kind wattages you need (if your hardware is on the list)
That 400W will do as long as you use that 3870.. If you upgrade to anything new.. you must get new PSU as modern graphic cards can eat even 200W (that is averige graphic card, not talking about GTX 690 or titans, or 7980 or any of the top models)
Quick look at psucalculator and its about 260W minium.. so the 400W is bit less than half of it's full potential. You always want to leave atleast about 20% of the PSU's wattage free so it will not be working at full load which ages the capacitors quicker meaning quicker failure

[Dr_Doom]

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

A handy tool to see what kind wattages you need (if your hardware is on the list)
That 400W will do as long as you use that 3870.. If you upgrade to anything new.. you must get new PSU as modern graphic cards can eat even 200W (that is averige graphic card, not talking about GTX 690 or titans, or 7980 or any of the top models)
Quick look at psucalculator and its about 260W minium.. so the 400W is bit less than half of it's full potential. You always want to leave atleast about 20% of the PSU's wattage free so it will not be working at full load which ages the capacitors quicker meaning quicker failure

Thanks for the information Hax. That'll save me $50

[bazingashane0]

Before you buy the psu ask your friend what brand it is. Cause I wouldn't trust something that's 400w and that he could afford to sell off for $10 if its still brand new.

[Dr_Doom]

Before you buy the psu ask your friend what brand it is. Cause I wouldn't trust something that's 400w and that he could afford to sell off for $10 if its still brand new.

It's a Coolermaster Shane. I purchased it today. He even forgot to mention that it was a 480 Watt. He said 400...
Now all I need now is a Motherboard & CPU. Which should come later on in the week.. woot woot

[bazingashane0]

Before you buy the psu ask your friend what brand it is. Cause I wouldn't trust something that's 400w and that he could afford to sell off for $10 if its still brand new.

It's a Coolermaster Shane. I purchased it today. He even forgot to mention that it was a 480 Watt. He said 400...
Now all I need now is a Motherboard & CPU. Which should come later on in the week.. woot woot

Nice

[Dr_Doom]

Before you buy the psu ask your friend what brand it is. Cause I wouldn't trust something that's 400w and that he could afford to sell off for $10 if its still brand new.

It's a Coolermaster Shane. I purchased it today. He even forgot to mention that it was a 480 Watt. He said 400...
Now all I need now is a Motherboard & CPU. Which should come later on in the week.. woot woot

Nice

Yea. I can't wait to get it finished.. I've just been sleeping and watching YouTube videos on my phone and tablet, time to get back to Ct:)