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power supply for socket A
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Name: gnomes
Date: December 6, 2007 at 21:56:42 Pacific
Subject: power supply for socket AOS: noneCPU/Ram: n/aModel/Manufacturer: n/a |
Comment: I found a random motherboard and CPU for $8 at a thrift store. Socket A and I believe it might be an Athlon XP 1800+. Not bad for 8 bucks. The mobo is some ASUS OEM board out of a Sony PC I think. A7s266-VX is it's name. All I am missing is the power supply and I don't know what to be looking for. Im not sure I think supplies come in 20/24 pin? This would be the former. Would any supply with that size connector work?
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Response Number 1
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Name: pgckkwvdzm
Date: December 6, 2007 at 22:55:42 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)No, if the PSU is too high of wattage for a setup that requires so little the PSU can't draw enough power to power the system. So you'll want to look for a PSU 300 Watts and under.
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Response Number 2
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Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: December 6, 2007 at 23:00:04 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)It's going to somewhat depend on what hardware you add--drives and video card. Emachine, Compaq and HP put together some machines of that class with minimal hardware and ran them with a 250 watt PSU. So you should probably find one with at least that rating. I'd recommend a 300 or 350 watt. It's not going to hurt to go even higher. The system will use only the power it needs.
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Response Number 3
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Name: kx5m2g
Date: December 7, 2007 at 05:04:59 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)A 24 pin connector should not be a problem. Either 4 of the pins will be detachable, or else you could get an adapter to convert it to a 20 pin connector.
pgckkwvdzm: I'm curious where you have seen that too high of a wattage could cause a problem. From what I've read, I agree with DAVEINCAPS, but I'd like to know if I'm wrong. Jam ?
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Response Number 5
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Name: gnomes
Date: December 7, 2007 at 09:29:35 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)is there a difference between supplies for intel and amd chips? also i looked around a bit and the lowest supply i can find in town is 600 watts for 35 bucks :s
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