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Regarding SMPS and RAM support for AMD FX-8150 in my ASUS AM3+ M5A88-M Motherboard

Hi,

I have an ASUS AM3+ M5A88-M Motherboard with Phenon II 1055T Six core processor with NVIDIA GT630 2 GB PCI-EXPRESS VIDEO card. I have connected my PC to a LED FUll HD TV's HDMI port through the NVIDIA GT630's mini HDMI to HDMI cable. I have 2 SATA Hard disks and one Internal SATA DVD Writer and I am planning to add a SATA Blue Ray Internal DVD Writer. I also have a couple of USB external hard disk attached to my PC.

I have a Hunt Key 500 watt SMPS. I am planning to upgrade to AMD FX-8150 processor along with four 4 GB 1866 MHz DDR3 RAM modules.

Will my ASUS M5A88-M Motherboard support four 4 GB 1866 MHz DDR3 RAM modules if I upgrade to AMD FX-8150 processor. Will my 500 watt SMPS be able to take the load or should I have atleast a 600 watt SMPS.

Please repply as soon as possible.

Thanks and Regards,
Sriram.
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Hmm.

From here http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1414/12/ it looks like the Phenom draws about 236 watts under load and from here http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/10/11/amd_bulldozer_fx8150_desktop_performance_review/9 the FX seems to pull about 452 watts under load.

That's about 216 watts more than the old system.  So I don't think your 500 watt or 600 watt power supply will be sufficient.
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Hi,

I presently have a 500 watt smps. Some smps online calculator tools informed me that 500 watt smps is sufficient for amd fx-8120 whereas other online smps calculator tools informed me that I need atleast a 600 watt smps.

Based on 90% cpu utilization without overclocking, can you please provide me the exact approximate smps values for an FX-8120 AMD CPU. Can I try to take a chance by trying to install the FX-8120 processor in my 500 watt smps?

Please reply as soon as possible.

Thanks and Regards,
Sriram.
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Hi,

My eight core FX-8120 AMD processor is working fine on a 500 watt smps as suggested by an expert in this forum. I am closing this question.

Thanks and Regards,
Sriram.