9800 Pro's and power supplies

What are the smallest power supplies anyone is using with a 9800Pro (stock)
reliably?

Small power supplies as in SFF PC's and mATX cases with mATX power. They
usually have 250 or 270w at best. And there arent many mATX power supply
options.

I would be inclined to get a 400w, you can probably do it with 350 though. I
depends on how many peripherals you have connected.

http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/


"Sept1967" sept1967@highstream.(Erase)net wrote in message
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What are the smallest power supplies anyone is using with a 9800Pro
(stock)
reliably?

Small power supplies as in SFF PC's and mATX cases with mATX power. They
usually have 250 or 270w at best. And there arent many mATX power supply
options.

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:17:15 -0700, "Sept1967"
sept1967@highstream.(Erase)net wrote:

What are the smallest power supplies anyone is using with a 9800Pro (stock)
reliably?

Small power supplies as in SFF PC's and mATX cases with mATX power. They
usually have 250 or 270w at best. And there arent many mATX power supply
options.



I suppose you'd want the one with the highest +12volts available.
Just check the specs and go with the highest. Can't be many.

"Sept1967" sept1967@highstream.(Erase)net wrote in message
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What are the smallest power supplies anyone is using with a 9800Pro
(stock)
reliably?

Small power supplies as in SFF PC's and mATX cases with mATX power. They
usually have 250 or 270w at best. And there arent many mATX power supply
options.



I have been running my 9800 Pro with a cheap quality 300w PS (its probably
only as good as a quality 275w PS) . Its PC with a P4 2.2ghz w/92mm cpu fan,
1GB mem, DVD-RW,DVD,SBLive,two 7200 rpm HDD's, video capture/editing PCI
card, 1 80mm case fan.
No problems with power.
I would think you might have more problems with heat and air flow for the
VGA card in a small case. I use the Arctic cooler and it blows the air out
the back.

Lou

Sept1967 wrote:
What are the smallest power supplies anyone is using with a 9800Pro
(stock) reliably?

You'd have to know the make and model, as well as other details about their
system (CPU, drives etc). The Wattage rating can be wildly misleading.

Ben
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In article , "Sept1967" sept1967@highstream.(Erase)net wrote:
What are the smallest power supplies anyone is using with a 9800Pro (stock)
reliably?

Small power supplies as in SFF PC's and mATX cases with mATX power. They
usually have 250 or 270w at best. And there arent many mATX power supply
options.



You should be fine since with the SFF mATX cases like the Shuttle series , you
have very little other things in there using lots of wattage. Only the CPU and
one HD and the 9800m Pro will not tax the 270W PS