Power Supply

Silverstain · 01-20-02, 08:16 PM

How much wattage is enough? I'm looking to buy a case w/ a 400 watt power supply. Will this run 5+ fans and top of the line cpu and video card. (I'm looking at a GeForce 3, and Athlon XP 1800)

pogue1000 · 01-20-02, 09:20 PM

my case has a 300watt antec PSU and i have around 6 fans so far and it runs just fine.

my 5 volt is running at 5.08

Yodums · 01-20-02, 09:29 PM

Actually if you want it to last get a Sparkle 400watt or 450, it's a good one with no 5v problems etc.

Über~PhLuBB · 01-20-02, 09:33 PM

400 is enough to run all the latest hardware, and a few (3-4) fans comfortably. 450 would be perfect. 500 would be slightly excessive. Anything more really isn't needed, just like they say you don't NEED any more than 256MB of RAM, but with computers, more is ALWAYS better (with the exception of heat).

However, beware of cheap PSU's. If you get a 500W PSU for $40, but it's 5v average is 4.90v, then it's not worth it. Stick with the name brands, they're tried and true. Enermax, Antec, Enlight, and IWin come to mind. Stay away from bargain PSU's, they're probably more trouble than they're worth. Enermax is your best bet, if you have the money. They make solid, well made, high output, stable PSU's, and aren't terribly expensive like a redundant server-grade PSU.

Yodums · 01-20-02, 10:30 PM

Enermax seems to have lots of problems, Epox board problems and they have 5v rail issues, and they're really over priced. Sparkle I like because they don't seem to have any problems they aren't breaking your wallet.

Yodums

01-20-02, 08:16 PM	Thread Starter #1
Silverstain Registered Join Date: Jan 2002	Power Supply How much wattage is enough? I'm looking to buy a case w/ a 400 watt power supply. Will this run 5+ fans and top of the line cpu and video card. (I'm looking at a GeForce 3, and Athlon XP 1800)
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01-20-02, 09:20 PM	#2
pogue1000 Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Indiana	my case has a 300watt antec PSU and i have around 6 fans so far and it runs just fine. my 5 volt is running at 5.08
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01-20-02, 09:29 PM	#3
Yodums Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ottawa, Canada	Actually if you want it to last get a Sparkle 400watt or 450, it's a good one with no 5v problems etc. __________________ Peter Gibbons: Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you're not feelin' real well, does anyone ever say to you, 'Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays'? Lawrence: No. No, man. ****, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.
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01-20-02, 09:33 PM	#4
Über~PhLuBB Jedi Knight Senior Join Date: May 2001 Location: Portland, OR	400 is enough to run all the latest hardware, and a few (3-4) fans comfortably. 450 would be perfect. 500 would be slightly excessive. Anything more really isn't needed, just like they say you don't NEED any more than 256MB of RAM, but with computers, more is ALWAYS better (with the exception of heat). However, beware of cheap PSU's. If you get a 500W PSU for $40, but it's 5v average is 4.90v, then it's not worth it. Stick with the name brands, they're tried and true. Enermax, Antec, Enlight, and IWin come to mind. Stay away from bargain PSU's, they're probably more trouble than they're worth. Enermax is your best bet, if you have the money. They make solid, well made, high output, stable PSU's, and aren't terribly expensive like a redundant server-grade PSU. __________________ Member of The Avatar Maker's Guild™ Help your fellow Overclockers, Folding@Home Team 32! Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6GHz / Asus P6T / Win 7 Pro 6GB Muskin DDR3-1600 / Enermax 720W PSU 300GB WD Velociraptor / SB X-Fi XtremeGamer 2x eVGA GTX 280 SLI / Samsung 2233rz Anything worth stealing is worth paying for.
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01-20-02, 10:30 PM	#5
Yodums Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ottawa, Canada	Enermax seems to have lots of problems, Epox board problems and they have 5v rail issues, and they're really over priced. Sparkle I like because they don't seem to have any problems they aren't breaking your wallet. Yodums __________________ Peter Gibbons: Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you're not feelin' real well, does anyone ever say to you, 'Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays'? Lawrence: No. No, man. ****, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.
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