November 25th 03, 01:33 AM
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"Jeremy" wrote in message
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Hello. A few days ago the fan in my power supply started making weird
noises. The "whirring" sound of the fan would fluctuate like the fan was
slowing down. I talked to a man at CompUSA and he said the power supply is
going out. It's not even a year old!
The power supply is 300 watts and I would just buy a new one but I have to
think about the futu Right now I have an AMD Athelon for XP processor
with a cooling fan, 1 80 GB hard drive, an internal graphics card with a
cooling fan, an internal sound card, a CD-RW and an old CD-ROM I never
use.
In the future, though I'm going to get a DVD burner (which will replace
the
CD-ROM), an external Sound Blaster Extigy card, a new case with fans I'll
add, myself, a second 40 GB hard drive and an internal video capture card.
With all this, do I need to get a new power supply with a higher wattage?
If
so, what wattage?
Here are my two BIG questions:
**How do I go about selecting the right wattage of power supply for my
needs?**
** Are there other points I need to consider?**
Thank you for any information you can give.
Jeremy
Calculate Here
http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/
Note that the calc comes out on the high side so even if your at say 450 a
400 will still do.
Zalman 400w
http://www.casecooler.com/za400waqupos.html
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