Should I upgrade my PSU?

[Nick Lee]

My setup:
ASUS motherboard
ati 9550 (CATALYST 5.3 and CATALYST Control Center)
512mb DDR ram
cd rom52x
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+ 1.79GHz
40 gig samsung
110 gig wdc wd400
300w power supply
:suspiciou
should i upgrade to this(I'm really wanting this),

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817171001\

or this,

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817163018

Witch on is a better power supply?
(please type your thoughts and/or advice)

 

[swker98]

well why do u need to upgrade it

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Before you upgrade your psu take a look at the following article.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=792566

Also here is a handy psu power calculator.

http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/

Regards Howard :grinthumb

 

[RealBlackStuff]

Stay away from that powmax piece of (goodlooking) crap.
The CoolerMaster PSU is a bit weak on the +12v rails, only 12+10=22Amp
It will do fine for your current PC, but as soon as you want to upgrade, you will be in trouble.
Look for something with at LEAST 16+16, better is 18+18, such as the ENERMAX Noisetaker EG495P-VE SFMA ATX 485W Power Supply

 

[poertner_1274]

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[olefarte]

I use the one in the link below, and Antec True 430, and it serves me very well. I paid $100 for it though at CompUSA, before I wised up and started using NewEgg.
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103908