Is old PSU enough or should I buy new one

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Dear Experts,

I have newly bought AMD Athlon II X2 240 2.8Ghz, Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H Motherboard. My old pc has PSU, may be zebronics 450W, is that enough or should I buy other one.

Thanks

that should be enough for your setup
as long as you dont add a graphics card

but how old is the psu really??
you should change it if it is more than 3 year old model

^^
Change it. That PSU is a ticking time bomb.

Get something like Gigabyte 460w for ~Rs.2100.

scratch what i said earlier
get the gigabyte psu as others have suggested

---------- Post added at 06:59 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:58 AM ----------

scratch what i said earlier
get the gigabyte psu as others have suggested :smile:

fsp saga II 350w @ 1.5k or saga II 400w @ 2k will be sufficient...go for which ever you want

Thanks a lot for your concerned replies.
I am just curious to know whether it would be dangerous to my PC components if power is supplied through my old SMPS?

sudhanshu39 said:
Thanks a lot for your concerned replies.
I am just curious to know whether it would be dangerous to my PC components if power is supplied through my old SMPS?

as asigh said, its a ticking time bomb. it can blow up anytime without warning!
wat other H/W are you going to be using?

Thank you so much for your responses.

I am planning to buy FSP Saga II 500W Power Supply . Is it ok with quality-wise and future-proof ?

Thanks

Its overkill unless you add a graphics card or upgrade

sudhanshu39 said:
Thank you so much for your responses.

I am planning to buy FSP Saga II 500W Power Supply . Is it ok with quality-wise and future-proof ?

Thanks

Get a FSP Saga II 400W. Its more than enough for your setup.