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Name: H898 Date: August 12, 2004 at 10:15:27 Pacific OS: 98SE CPU/Ram: athlon xp 2200 512
Comment:
got me a better motherboard than me previous jetway v266b a ABIT NF7-M so now i have masesses of power i feel my comp power supply is running x2 as much faster as i can feel the power pack gettin hot from outside the case i could fry an egg on my power supply i currently have a 350 watt and cus of this heat ime guessing my total usage for me Comp is more than 350 as me grahpics requires min 300 what would be an ample power supply to go up 2 440, 500, 800, advice would be appreciated
Name: heropsycho Date: August 12, 2004 at 10:59:18 Pacific
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How many hard drives, CD drives, which video card, CPU, etc. are you running?
Honestly, a good quality 420W would be fine most likely.
Last I checked newegg was selling a Thermaltake 420W for $40 shipped.
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Response Number 2
Name: jam Date: August 12, 2004 at 12:56:31 Pacific
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What are your temps...system & CPU? & how many case cooling fans do you have? The PSU acts as an exhaust fan so you may just be feeling the added heat being sucked from the case
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Response Number 3
Name: Symbios Date: August 12, 2004 at 12:57:20 Pacific
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Yeah, a 420W should do. I've got that one, it's very nice. And the voltages are very stable.
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Name: H898 Date: August 13, 2004 at 12:29:13 Pacific
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CPU 57 Degrees System 37 degress
also with a bigger power supply would it stop windows from erroring
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Response Number 5
Name: H898 Date: August 13, 2004 at 12:33:11 Pacific
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and 1 case fan the black ones for about 3 quid and ime gona get a bigger case on of the Midi Cosmos cases 4=5 drive bays with the clear side pannel and case fan on the side to extract all hot air inisde i got a small ATX CASE 3 drive bays and everything it almost tightly packed so ime hopeing with a bigger & cooler case and and a bigger power supply games & all should play no problems.
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