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300 Watts Powersupply for Athlon64 + Radeon 9800Pro?
I'm building a gaming computer with the following parts:
Athlon 64 3000+ CPU Socket 754 Motherboard ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card 1 GB DDR RAM 80 GB Hard Drive DVD/CDROM Drive Audigy 2 ZS plus the CPU fan, motherboard fan, the the fan for the power supply. I already own a computer case with a *generic* 300W power supply. When I upgrade my PC with the parts I listed above, will the 300-Watt power supply suffice? Or would that be a very bad idea? The saleslady at the PC store I visited insisted that I'll need a 350-Watt power supply to go with all the other things I bought. I told her I already had a 300-Watt power supply at home. |
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"Opticreep" wrote in message om... I'm building a gaming computer with the following parts: Athlon 64 3000+ CPU Socket 754 Motherboard ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card 1 GB DDR RAM 80 GB Hard Drive DVD/CDROM Drive Audigy 2 ZS plus the CPU fan, motherboard fan, the the fan for the power supply. I already own a computer case with a *generic* 300W power supply. When I upgrade my PC with the parts I listed above, will the 300-Watt power supply suffice? Or would that be a very bad idea? The saleslady at the PC store I visited insisted that I'll need a 350-Watt power supply to go with all the other things I bought. I told her I already had a 300-Watt power supply at home. A word of warning - the last time I pushed my luck with a generic 300W PSU, when it eventually did break down it destroyed the motherboard in the process! Given that you're bound to eventually upgrade past the capacity of your current supply at some point in the future, and that a reasonable 350-400w psu is cheaper than most new motherboards, I'd upgrade now and not take the risk. Tom |
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Opticreep wrote:
I'm building a gaming computer with the following parts: Athlon 64 3000+ CPU Socket 754 Motherboard ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card 1 GB DDR RAM 80 GB Hard Drive DVD/CDROM Drive Audigy 2 ZS plus the CPU fan, motherboard fan, the the fan for the power supply. I already own a computer case with a *generic* 300W power supply. When I upgrade my PC with the parts I listed above, will the 300-Watt power supply suffice? Or would that be a very bad idea? The saleslady at the PC store I visited insisted that I'll need a 350-Watt power supply to go with all the other things I bought. I told her I already had a 300-Watt power supply at home. NEVER trust the advice of a salesman! They are paid to sell, so always make independent enquiries! She may however be right, but the only way to find out is to try it with the 300w PSU and replace it if need be. -- Remove ".invalid" and replace with ".co.uk" to reply |
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"Opticreep" wrote in message
om... I'm building a gaming computer with the following parts: Athlon 64 3000+ CPU Socket 754 Motherboard ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card 1 GB DDR RAM 80 GB Hard Drive DVD/CDROM Drive Audigy 2 ZS plus the CPU fan, motherboard fan, the the fan for the power supply. I already own a computer case with a *generic* 300W power supply. When I upgrade my PC with the parts I listed above, will the 300-Watt power supply suffice? Or would that be a very bad idea? That might be a bad idea. You probably have a $20 PSU which will power your ~$1000 configuration. You don't have to be drastic, branded 300W PSU would be enough, you can take a 350W one just to have more spare room for future upgrades (DVD-RW, more HDs, stronger CPU/GPU). Enermax, Antec or smth. |
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"Mr. Slow" wrote in message
... Opticreep wrote: NEVER trust the advice of a salesman! They are paid to sell, so always make independent enquiries! She may however be right, but the only way to find out is to try it with the 300w PSU and replace it if need be. And risk that if it gets burned, it goes with a bigger bang? |
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Mr. Slow wrote:
Opticreep wrote: I'm building a gaming computer with the following parts: Athlon 64 3000+ CPU Socket 754 Motherboard ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card 1 GB DDR RAM 80 GB Hard Drive DVD/CDROM Drive Audigy 2 ZS plus the CPU fan, motherboard fan, the the fan for the power supply. I already own a computer case with a *generic* 300W power supply. When I upgrade my PC with the parts I listed above, will the 300-Watt power supply suffice? Or would that be a very bad idea? The saleslady at the PC store I visited insisted that I'll need a 350-Watt power supply to go with all the other things I bought. I told her I already had a 300-Watt power supply at home. NEVER trust the advice of a salesman! They are paid to sell, so always make independent enquiries! She may however be right, but the only way to find out is to try it with the 300w PSU and replace it if need be. *sigh* I'd like to make a comment about how crap your advice is, but I'm just too apathetic right now. **** off though, will you? -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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Opticreep wrote:
I'm building a gaming computer with the following parts: Athlon 64 3000+ CPU Socket 754 Motherboard ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card 1 GB DDR RAM 80 GB Hard Drive DVD/CDROM Drive Audigy 2 ZS since your spending all that money why not spend the extra 60 - 100 dollars and get a nice new case and power supply, then you wont have anything to worry about. -- DalienX |
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"Opticreep" wrote in message om... I'm building a gaming computer with the following parts: Athlon 64 3000+ CPU Socket 754 Motherboard ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card 1 GB DDR RAM 80 GB Hard Drive DVD/CDROM Drive Audigy 2 ZS plus the CPU fan, motherboard fan, the the fan for the power supply. I already own a computer case with a *generic* 300W power supply. When I upgrade my PC with the parts I listed above, will the 300-Watt power supply suffice? Or would that be a very bad idea? The saleslady at the PC store I visited insisted that I'll need a 350-Watt power supply to go with all the other things I bought. I told her I already had a 300-Watt power supply at home. The last PSU I had was a generic 400watt unit that ran a XP2400 with 512mb sdram and geforce4 plus 2 Hdds and DVD and CDRW. It lasted 12 months and when it died it took the Mobo and Ram with it. Now I use a decent branded 450watt model for the same setup except its a Radeon 9700 instead of the GF4. My advice should be obvious ... |
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