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is a 350W psu enough for the pc below??

AMD Athlon 1Ghz @ 1.4Ghz (May upgrade to XP shortly)
2 Case fan (Panaflo)
2 Radiator fans
Motherboard: Shuttle AK31
Memory: 4 x Kingmax 256MB DDR
PCI n AGP devices: Winfast GeForce 2 Pro 200/365 + Stars 700 thermal grease
Creative SB Value on PCI 2
Filand Realtek 8139 LAN Card (no WOL) PCI 3
Disks: Triplex 12x DVD On Sec Mas
Seagate 30Gb 7200 on Pri Mas
Others: Nec Floppy
Enermax 350W

Operation System: Microsoft?Windows XP RTM
 
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isnt that the same system in your sig with a different MB? Maybe you could answer your own question.


I would go 400w just because of the 4 fans. I ran my XP [email protected] on an Antec 350w without power problems but I only had the basics on the comp.
 
You can probably get by with a good quality 350W, but I would spend the bux for a 400W. I gives you a little more "elbow room" for expansion. Get an Antec, or Enermax.

I will have to admit, that I'm running a Antec 431W, with 3X40gig hard drives, 5 PCI cards, a DVD, a 24X burner, 3X 120mm fans, a GEForceIII, 3X256meg sticks of PC2400 DDR, and my VapoChill Case! (refrigerated using the 12V supply). All at 1794 MHZ!

I did order the gold Enermax 550W on Friday for peace of mind :)

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