An AMD certified power supply for the 1.2gig 266fsb ?

[Despotes]

I just ordered an Asus A7M266 and an Athlon 1.2gig 266 processor and wanted to know if if should replace my Enlight 250 watt supply to an AMD approved power supply?

[KaHNZa]

go to www.amd.com and check to see if yours is certified.

[TT120]

You should have a MINIMUM of a 300 watt power supply to run that rig.

[stool]

250w really isn't enough for a TBird setup. As TT120 said, you are better served with at least a 300w. Look into an Antec or Enermax, both of which are on the AMD list.

[!-=sky=-!]

get a enermax 350 walt power supply
they are good in my opinion because i built three computer using it and none have problems

[Despotes]

THanks everybody!!! Appreciate the feedback.

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[Yomama]

Despotes (May 25, 2001 07:24 p.m.):
I just ordered an Asus A7M266 and an Athlon 1.2gig 266 processor and wanted to know if if should replace my Enlight 250 watt supply to an AMD approved power supply?

I agree with the others - keep in mind that the 5V lead will be taxed by the CPU. An AXIA running at 1.5GHz @1.85V draws 90W=18A just on that lead alone for the CPU. Your 250W P/S probably delivers about 22A, that will not be enough considering the other components are also drawing some juice. So make sure you a PS with a beefy 5V lead (35-40A).

Yo

[Despotes]

THe Asus A7M266 board...
I read an article that said even certain AMD approved power supplies will not work adequately for this board. Example, the Enermax 350 watt supply apparently did not produce enough current under certain conditions. Is this true still? Does the Asus A7M266 revision 1.04 boards have this issue as well?

[Megahurtz]

I don't know about the new revisions of the board, and the Enermax 350Watt PSU's ability to supply it, but the Antec PP403X is my PSU of choice. With a combined (3.3v + 5v) 245Watts of power, this should satisfy any reasonable requirements.

T