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- Jun 30, 2003
I know everyone hates when someone asks if a particular PSU will work but I have that question in conjunction with a few others.
Firstly I'd like to know if my assumption is correct that just about any power supply should power this rig:
Athlon 1000mhz
Asus A266A
CD drive
10gb hdd
Voodoo 5500 pci
That said; can I just get the cheapest $10-20 psu I can find or would that be making a mistake? That brings me to my other question. If Amps are what's important then would buying a PSU such as this one> http://svc.com/55repcposibl.html be a much better idea than getting say a $30 psu with 15 amps on the 12 volt? like this one
It's just somewhat confusing if you know what I mean. In other words if you get a psu with a lot of amps then can you be sure that the rails will be stable under load? And another thing. Does a 400 watt psu use 400 watts or just *suppossedly* put out 400 watts. Meaning if I'm getting this PSU for a pc that's meant to be cheap then would spending $10 on a cheap 400 watt instead of $20 on a 200-300 watt mean that I'd be wasting electricity?
Thanks,
Violineb
Firstly I'd like to know if my assumption is correct that just about any power supply should power this rig:
Athlon 1000mhz
Asus A266A
CD drive
10gb hdd
Voodoo 5500 pci
That said; can I just get the cheapest $10-20 psu I can find or would that be making a mistake? That brings me to my other question. If Amps are what's important then would buying a PSU such as this one> http://svc.com/55repcposibl.html be a much better idea than getting say a $30 psu with 15 amps on the 12 volt? like this one
It's just somewhat confusing if you know what I mean. In other words if you get a psu with a lot of amps then can you be sure that the rails will be stable under load? And another thing. Does a 400 watt psu use 400 watts or just *suppossedly* put out 400 watts. Meaning if I'm getting this PSU for a pc that's meant to be cheap then would spending $10 on a cheap 400 watt instead of $20 on a 200-300 watt mean that I'd be wasting electricity?
Thanks,
Violineb