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What size PSU to get

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Wicked Klown

Hard *** Southern Boy Senior
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OK getting ready tp update my rig. However I have a small problem, I don't know what size PSU I have to get. My set up will be KT400 Dragon Ultra, 1900+XP, 1 gig PC3200, GF4 TI4600 SE, Audigy gamer, 60gig Maxtor DiamondMax Plus for OS and two 80gig 8mb cache Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 in RAID0 and a 16/10/40 TDK and a floppy. Now with all this should I go with a TTGI 420watter, TTGI 450watter or the TTGI 520watter.
 
Well with what all I have in my sig right now plus an 80mm 80cfm Delta @ 7volts, 80mm 68cfm Delta @ 7volts two 120mm Enermax adjustable speed fans and a 120mm 131cfm YS-Tech @ 7 volts and a PCI slot fan my Sparkle 300watter can't handle it.
 
it's not really about wattage.. just make sure you buy a well-known high quality psu with decent specs on the +5 and 12 v rails..

Basically all computers today should run on a 350W (even 300W should be fine) so I'd say go with a 350 or 400W psu..

I run my computer on a 360W Chieftec (see sig below for puter) and it runs like a clockwork..

This is 5 case fans, CPU fan (smartfan II), 2 hds, 1 burner, 1 dvd, geforce4, dvd decoder card.
 
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