This PC is for my nephew, it'll mainly be used as a music studio with the occasional light gaming/web surfing. The power supply is an Antec Earthwatts 380w LINK which I used for a couple years but it has been collecting dust for many years since. The hardware the PC is running is an AMD A10-5700 running hybrid crossfire with a Gigabyte 6670 (1gb DDR3 version, it recommends 400w) LINK and 8GB (2x4GB 1866) RAM. It runs a single 120GB SSD, a single 80mm exhaust fan, CPU heatsink is a Zalman with a 120mm fan and a single optical drive. The sound card is this one here LINK and I have no idea how much power it uses. It has the front plate with all of the connections for optical/coax etc..
The A10-5700 says it's 65w, I didn't overclock it, I just got him a copy of Windows 8.1, a touchscreen monitor and assembled it. Luckily the MB had a PCI slot, that sound card is old. I'd guess I've had it for at least 8 years but the new PCI-E ones are no better since PCI has plenty of bandwidth for audio(so I've read). The PC works great, but I haven't given it to him yet. Do you think it's something I should be able to trust long term? He lives a couple hours away so I'd hate to have to make a trip up there to repair it/replace the power supply. I'm afraid of what might happen down the road with me trying to do this with only recycled parts. I don't mind ordering a new power PS if it's necessary, but I'd rather not if I don't have to. I appreciate your help, sorry for being so long winded.
The A10-5700 says it's 65w, I didn't overclock it, I just got him a copy of Windows 8.1, a touchscreen monitor and assembled it. Luckily the MB had a PCI slot, that sound card is old. I'd guess I've had it for at least 8 years but the new PCI-E ones are no better since PCI has plenty of bandwidth for audio(so I've read). The PC works great, but I haven't given it to him yet. Do you think it's something I should be able to trust long term? He lives a couple hours away so I'd hate to have to make a trip up there to repair it/replace the power supply. I'm afraid of what might happen down the road with me trying to do this with only recycled parts. I don't mind ordering a new power PS if it's necessary, but I'd rather not if I don't have to. I appreciate your help, sorry for being so long winded.
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