Power Supply?

mmwm · 05-14-2003, 12:02 PM

I have just ordered the components for building myself a PC, i am getting a MSI K7N2 motherboard, AMD 2500XP Barton, Geforce TI 4800 128MB, a Gig of RAM and a 80 gig seagate hard drive. The case that i have ordered comes with a 350W power supply.

Will the 350W power supply be ok or will i need something better?

berks · 05-14-2003, 12:05 PM

I know everybody here says the more power the better but if you are not planning on adding a bunch of other things to your system that power supply should be plenty. I just built my system and it has a 350 watt supply and i haven't had any problems yet.

igalan · 05-14-2003, 02:54 PM

I have a good quality 300W PSU with:

AMD XP2000+
GeForce3 Ti200
HDD Seagate Barracuda 40 GB 7200 rpm
DVD-ROM LG 16x
DVD+-R/RW Sony DRU500A

Everything runs fine, and the voltage is at optimum level. But before I had a 220W PSU and no problems either! So I believe that the quality of the PSU is more important that the numbers itself...

RipperRoo · 05-14-2003, 04:52 PM

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Originally posted by mmwm
The case that i have ordered comes with a 350W power supply.

Will the 350W power supply be ok or will i need something better?

what brand is the case and does it give the details of who made the psu?

john80y · 05-14-2003, 10:47 PM

Generally cheap power supplies (even 500watters) are garbage..

If anyone wants dual fan 500watt PSU I will sell you them all day for $25 !

You would be better off throwing $50 at a decent Enermax or Sparkle PSU. It will last you for many years to come and will serve you better than any cheapo PSU.

RipperRoo · 05-15-2003, 03:45 AM

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Originally posted by john80y

You would be better off throwing $50 at a decent Enermax or Sparkle PSU. It will last you for many years to come and will serve you better than any cheapo PSU.

shame you dont deliver to the uk m8, £80 for an enermax over here (80 British Pound = 129.456 US Dollar)

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mmwm Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1	Power Supply? I have just ordered the components for building myself a PC, i am getting a MSI K7N2 motherboard, AMD 2500XP Barton, Geforce TI 4800 128MB, a Gig of RAM and a 80 gig seagate hard drive. The case that i have ordered comes with a 350W power supply. Will the 350W power supply be ok or will i need something better?

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berks PCTT Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 3,735	I know everybody here says the more power the better but if you are not planning on adding a bunch of other things to your system that power supply should be plenty. I just built my system and it has a 350 watt supply and i haven't had any problems yet. __________________ Vote For Us!!!

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05-14-2003, 02:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
igalan PCTT Articles Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Barcelona, SPAIN Posts: 1,018	I have a good quality 300W PSU with: AMD XP2000+ GeForce3 Ti200 HDD Seagate Barracuda 40 GB 7200 rpm DVD-ROM LG 16x DVD+-R/RW Sony DRU500A Everything runs fine, and the voltage is at optimum level. But before I had a 220W PSU and no problems either! So I believe that the quality of the PSU is more important that the numbers itself...

05-14-2003, 10:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
john80y Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 261	Generally cheap power supplies (even 500watters) are garbage.. If anyone wants dual fan 500watt PSU I will sell you them all day for $25 ! You would be better off throwing $50 at a decent Enermax or Sparkle PSU. It will last you for many years to come and will serve you better than any cheapo PSU.