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can my COMPUTER POWER SUPPLY HANDLE THESE PARTS COMFORTABLY?

i just made a makeshift hole for a fan by taking out the covers of my drive bays. The fan is about 10cm and at max power. Can my 500watt power supply handle this fan and: 256 mb graphics card hard drive mother board 1gig memory 3gig processor can my power supply handle all of these without burning out? please respond quickly thanks very much

Public Comments

1. Yes. I believe that answers your question. ~Shoe
2. yes, very easily it can
3. My system has a 430 watt PS, and it has been running 7 case fans,1 CPU fan, 1 graphics chip fan. 3 hard drives, 2 DVD drives, & a gforce graphics card w/fan.for about 4 years with no trouble at all. I think your safe.
4. 500wat power supply is more than enough for your system. I recommend that you have a branded psu and not the generic typs of it because it'll give you trouble in the future. Also, they have very little amount of amperes.
5. 500W powersupply is good enough, if it's a Dual fan, then it's even better. Just make sure u use good cooling CPU fan (prefferably after market), and good thermal paste. If Graphic card is PCI Express standard, use a converter cable (4 pin molex to pci e converter), (only if u have a pci connector on ur MB). Also add one or 2 more case fans for good results.