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So, here's the deal... I've got two setups that aren't quite working right, so I’m thinking about doing some tinkering here and there.
I'm considering swapping a 350W power supply into a build that used to have a 420W one before it died on me.
The specs are
A Seagate 500GB HDD plus another 160GB drive—no clue what brand—but I need both since I'll have Windows on one and my data on the other.
An Intel Core i5 Pentium Dual-Core running at 3.2GHz.
An ATI Radeon HD4650 with 1GB of DDR2 memory.
4GB of RAM (DDR3 2 x2).
Some random LG optical drive, which is pretty much a necessity.
An AsRock G41 motherboard, though I can't remember the exact model.
And that little 80mm fan.
Basically, can that 350W unit actually handle this? I don't really want to take the risk and end up frying everything, but buying new parts is totally out of the question for now. I'm just trying to cobble together this junk I already own, at least for the time being.
Also, one more thing: the fan on the graphics card is way too loud. Is it okay if I just rip it off and point an external fan directly at the card instead?
I'm considering swapping a 350W power supply into a build that used to have a 420W one before it died on me.
The specs are
A Seagate 500GB HDD plus another 160GB drive—no clue what brand—but I need both since I'll have Windows on one and my data on the other.
An Intel Core i5 Pentium Dual-Core running at 3.2GHz.
An ATI Radeon HD4650 with 1GB of DDR2 memory.
4GB of RAM (DDR3 2 x2).
Some random LG optical drive, which is pretty much a necessity.
An AsRock G41 motherboard, though I can't remember the exact model.
And that little 80mm fan.
Basically, can that 350W unit actually handle this? I don't really want to take the risk and end up frying everything, but buying new parts is totally out of the question for now. I'm just trying to cobble together this junk I already own, at least for the time being.
Also, one more thing: the fan on the graphics card is way too loud. Is it okay if I just rip it off and point an external fan directly at the card instead?