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Power Supply Recommendations
Hi!
I am looking for some power supply recommendations. The one I have in the cheap case I bought just isn't cutting it anymore. It is currently 350 watts. I have an ASUS P4B motherboard, 256K RAM, Pentium 4 (Northwood) 1.6 gig, 80 gig drive, 100 gig drive, 4 USB devices, GeForce 4 MX, USR Controller Based Modem, Pinnacle Deluxe A/V capture card, SoundBlaster Live, Toshiba DVD drive, Sony DVD Writer, Floppy drive. I know I should go for 400 watts + but I am also on a budget. I am very wary of the $19.00 500 watt supplies. Any suggestions on a good one at a fair price? Would like ANTEC but afraid they may be too pricey. Thanks, Brian |
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Well, since the recent addition of my controller based modem, I've been
experiencing strange "fan noise" from the supply when rendering video for long periods of time. Also, my rendering has slowed down to a crawl too but not sure if low power is the cause. My case with the supply was only $20.00. "Will Dormann" wrote in message ... Brian wrote: Hi! I am looking for some power supply recommendations. The one I have in the cheap case I bought just isn't cutting it anymore. It is currently 350 watts. Why do you say it isn't cutting it? Are you experiencing instability or reboots? I'm happy with my Enermax PSU, and they come pretty highly recommended. -WD |
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Fortron FSP400-60PFN (reliable quality PSU and many of the truly quiet PSUs
are actually slightly modified versions of this model, Nexus, Zalman, Silenx...) |
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Brian wrote:
Hi! I am looking for some power supply recommendations. The one I have in the cheap case I bought just isn't cutting it anymore. It is currently 350 watts. I have an ASUS P4B motherboard, 256K RAM, Pentium 4 (Northwood) 1.6 gig, 80 gig drive, 100 gig drive, 4 USB devices, GeForce 4 MX, USR Controller Based Modem, Pinnacle Deluxe A/V capture card, SoundBlaster Live, Toshiba DVD drive, Sony DVD Writer, Floppy drive. I know I should go for 400 watts + but I am also on a budget. I am very wary of the $19.00 500 watt supplies. Any suggestions on a good one at a fair price? Would like ANTEC but afraid they may be too pricey. Thanks, Brian That's a fair bit of hardware. You should be afraid of $20 power supplies. Newegg has several Antec, Sparkle and Enermax models under $80US. Antec P4 ATX12V 400 Watt Power Supply With 2 Fans - Retail ATX12V Form Factor, 2.03 compliant for Pentium 4 Model # SL400 $60 at Newegg. -- Winerr 00B - Push Error; Removing Files to Make Room for Advertisement |
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FSP/Sparkle/SPI 350W, or Antec.
Better to go for a quality power supply than the (very) cheap offerings. You can always make it silent with a NMB, Panaflo or PAPST/EBM fan. -- Dorothy Bradbury http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dorothy...ry/panaflo.htm (Free 1st-Class Shipping) |
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I decided on an ANTEC 430 Watt True Power. Thanks!
"S.Heenan" wrote in message . ca... Brian wrote: Hi! I am looking for some power supply recommendations. The one I have in the cheap case I bought just isn't cutting it anymore. It is currently 350 watts. I have an ASUS P4B motherboard, 256K RAM, Pentium 4 (Northwood) 1.6 gig, 80 gig drive, 100 gig drive, 4 USB devices, GeForce 4 MX, USR Controller Based Modem, Pinnacle Deluxe A/V capture card, SoundBlaster Live, Toshiba DVD drive, Sony DVD Writer, Floppy drive. I know I should go for 400 watts + but I am also on a budget. I am very wary of the $19.00 500 watt supplies. Any suggestions on a good one at a fair price? Would like ANTEC but afraid they may be too pricey. Thanks, Brian That's a fair bit of hardware. You should be afraid of $20 power supplies. Newegg has several Antec, Sparkle and Enermax models under $80US. Antec P4 ATX12V 400 Watt Power Supply With 2 Fans - Retail ATX12V Form Factor, 2.03 compliant for Pentium 4 Model # SL400 $60 at Newegg. -- Winerr 00B - Push Error; Removing Files to Make Room for Advertisement |
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