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minimum power supply for XP 1800+
Name: John Date: July 31, 2002 at 06:35:31 Pacific
Comment:
I'm going to put together a box pretty soon and I'm wondering whether I should run an Athlon XP 1800+ off a 300 watt PS. Don't want to spend too much money. It seems that most people go with a 300 watt. Basically I'm vascillating between 2 cases, an Enlight with a 340 watt PS and a (much nicer looking) Enermax with a 300 watt. Will be running a Geforce 2 GTS 32MB DDR, a CD-RW, 7200rpm HD, not much else.
The 300 watt enermax should be fine. I'm running a xp 1900, 7200 rpm HD, CD-RW, DVD, Geforce 3 ti 200, and several pci cards and fans very well on a 300 watt power supply.
Summary: I've got a AMD 1800 XP Asus A7v266e Mobo T.T. Volcano 7 CPU FAN 2 case fans, and a cheap ($55) but seemingly good case. I'm going to put in a new fan near my 2 HDs, and I'm looking to upgrade the che...
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