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rrster

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I am working on a new Rig.
I have currently an Antec SL 350 Power Supply, but suspect it will not be enough. I have sat and crunched few number. Below are they. Hoot I am looking for a recomendation of a power supply for all this and future upgrades and additions to the rig.

Tell me how much wattage would be sufficient for below Rig.
I want to OC the Athlon to close to 3 Ghz Speed, but bus will remain on 333 FSB, not OCing Ram.


All Fans and Cathode Tubes = 38 Watts
Laser LED = 3.12 Watts
Floppy = 5 Watts
Adaptec SCSI Card= 20 Watts
Earthlink 10/100 Card= 4 Watts
1 X CD/dvd/cd-rw uses 25 Watts= 25 Watts
Motherboard Without CPU or Ram= 40 Watts Max
Ram 8 watts/ 128MB (728/128)X8= 48 Watts
AMD Athlon 333 FSB 2600+/2700+ wattage= 68.3 watts
IBM UltraStar SCSI-3 HD 22 Watts for 1 SCSI-3 * 4 HD= 88 Watts

+ Not to Mention External USB Powered Devices. Have not counted them.

Grand Total of Watts Req = 339.12 Watts
 
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I agree.

It was an error. I requested duplicate thread to be deleted. I am sorry, if I have offended someone.

rr
 
I picked up Enermax 550 Watt

Saw ENERMAX EG651P-VE(FM) 550W With gold Connectors in refurbished section for half of what it costs than regular price. $99 with free Shipping. Could not pass up.

I have got an enermax 430 Watt, and it consistently puts out 4.95 ~ 4.98 at on 5V rail. Have been happy with it for past 2 years.



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