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[Exar Jun]

I just had someone give me a pc to repair. I opened it and staring me in the face a mean 145w of very effecient power. :) :)

What is the worst or lowest that you have seen recently?

[KeyboardCowboy]

i have seen 130W ATX psu's before

what is in that system??

[dansonang]

not really into power supply but I think he may be one stingy guy or he got conned into buying it

[Exar Jun]

It has a celeron what speed...? haven't work it up to par yet. everything is on board. except floppy and hd. I think he fried it by putting a cd in it. :)

[FTC]

.. The 'standard' for e-machines (micro ATX towers) is a 145W PSU.... generous companies do put 155w. Note that this is not that low for an intel box with 3 pci slots and only 1 hdd, (and of course no intention to overclock :rolleyes: hehe)

Regards
FTC

[Penguin4x4]

My dad is running a 1GHz Celeron, 2 hard drives, 2 CD-ROMs, floppy, and a SiS 6326 AGP card on a 145W ATX

[xanthan]

geez and i was feeling like an idiot for running my duron 1.3 in a case with a 235 watt PSU hehe

[DManeKid]

Originally posted by xanthan
geez and i was feeling like an idiot for running my duron 1.3 in a case with a 235 watt PSU hehe

you also oc and run most likely top of the line hardware...unlike those other computers that were talked about...

[WyrmMaster]

I believe my compaq had a 130w, running a PII 350.

[Gerst240]

my linux box (compaq p2 350) only has a 90 watt psu nothing really there to take up power it has one 80 mil fan no hsf just a nice little slab of aluminum and a cdrom that looks like it came out of a laptop i wouldnt know never owning a laptop :( it has no power goin to it or anything just a cable kinda similar to an ide but a little smaller the thing has been up and running for about 3 months with out shutting down so i guess it does the trick

[larva]

http://usa.asus.com/desktop/termk7/overview.htm

http://usa.asus.com/desktop/termk7/specification.htm

is a Socket A micro ATX barebones with a 150W power supply.

There is also a SiS 650 micro P4 version that carries a whopping 165w PS.:eek:

I've built 6000 or so since the advent of Win95, and tried the micro ATX thing for a couple of years. Even with the Celeron 466's and MSI micro motherboards I used the typically 145 micro power supplied died consistantly, no matter what the maker. The size of the micro power supply just doesn't allow for adequate output and heat characteristics, IMO.

Asus usually delivers quality products but I still have to wonder about the wisdom of a micro ATX AXP or P4. Even fitting the best micro power supply I have access to, the Sparkle 180W (118W max on the 3.3_5V figure) http://www.sparklepower.com/pdf/FSP180-50NIV.pdf , I would have to be prepared to replace the case with a full size ATX case with 250W power supply to fix one that boiled over. Not a position I wish to be in.

regards
larva

[BuccKevin]

I repaired a friend's mini hewlett packard desktop and i think it had a 90W power supply in it. A really really small power supply in a small flat desktop. P2 or P1, 1 cd, 1 floppy and 1 hd.

[KeyboardCowboy]

WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!

i just pulled a 100W powersupply out of an old horozontial style computer, the thing it teeny, 6'X4'X3', i think i am going to use it to power the fans in one of my cases

[Exar Jun]

i think i am going to use it to power the fans in one of my cases
not a bad idea. Some older psus will work without being plugged into a mobo.