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Old September 29th 04, 11:14 AM
Opticreep
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Default 300 Watts Powersupply for Athlon64 + Radeon 9800Pro?

I'm building a gaming computer with the following parts:

Athlon 64 3000+ CPU
Socket 754 Motherboard
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card
1 GB DDR RAM
80 GB Hard Drive
DVD/CDROM Drive
Audigy 2 ZS

plus the CPU fan, motherboard fan, the the fan for the power supply.


I already own a computer case with a *generic* 300W power supply.
When I upgrade my PC with the parts I listed above, will the 300-Watt
power supply suffice? Or would that be a very bad idea?

The saleslady at the PC store I visited insisted that I'll need a
350-Watt power supply to go with all the other things I bought. I
told her I already had a 300-Watt power supply at home.
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Old September 29th 04, 12:19 PM
Tom McEwan
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"Opticreep" wrote in message
om...
I'm building a gaming computer with the following parts:

Athlon 64 3000+ CPU
Socket 754 Motherboard
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card
1 GB DDR RAM
80 GB Hard Drive
DVD/CDROM Drive
Audigy 2 ZS

plus the CPU fan, motherboard fan, the the fan for the power supply.


I already own a computer case with a *generic* 300W power supply.
When I upgrade my PC with the parts I listed above, will the 300-Watt
power supply suffice? Or would that be a very bad idea?

The saleslady at the PC store I visited insisted that I'll need a
350-Watt power supply to go with all the other things I bought. I
told her I already had a 300-Watt power supply at home.



A word of warning - the last time I pushed my luck with a generic 300W PSU,
when it eventually did break down it destroyed the motherboard in the
process! Given that you're bound to eventually upgrade past the capacity of
your current supply at some point in the future, and that a reasonable
350-400w psu is cheaper than most new motherboards, I'd upgrade now and not
take the risk.

Tom


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Old September 29th 04, 12:19 PM
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Opticreep wrote:
I'm building a gaming computer with the following parts:

Athlon 64 3000+ CPU
Socket 754 Motherboard
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card
1 GB DDR RAM
80 GB Hard Drive
DVD/CDROM Drive
Audigy 2 ZS

plus the CPU fan, motherboard fan, the the fan for the power supply.


I already own a computer case with a *generic* 300W power supply.
When I upgrade my PC with the parts I listed above, will the 300-Watt
power supply suffice? Or would that be a very bad idea?

The saleslady at the PC store I visited insisted that I'll need a
350-Watt power supply to go with all the other things I bought. I
told her I already had a 300-Watt power supply at home.


NEVER trust the advice of a salesman! They are paid to sell, so always make
independent enquiries! She may however be right, but the only way to find
out is to try it with the 300w PSU and replace it if need be.


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Old September 29th 04, 12:31 PM
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"Mr. Slow" wrote in message
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Opticreep wrote:
NEVER trust the advice of a salesman! They are paid to sell, so always

make
independent enquiries! She may however be right, but the only way to find
out is to try it with the 300w PSU and replace it if need be.


And risk that if it gets burned, it goes with a bigger bang?


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Old September 29th 04, 12:35 PM
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Mr. Slow wrote:
Opticreep wrote:

I'm building a gaming computer with the following parts:

Athlon 64 3000+ CPU
Socket 754 Motherboard
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card
1 GB DDR RAM
80 GB Hard Drive
DVD/CDROM Drive
Audigy 2 ZS

plus the CPU fan, motherboard fan, the the fan for the power supply.


I already own a computer case with a *generic* 300W power supply.
When I upgrade my PC with the parts I listed above, will the 300-Watt
power supply suffice? Or would that be a very bad idea?

The saleslady at the PC store I visited insisted that I'll need a
350-Watt power supply to go with all the other things I bought. I
told her I already had a 300-Watt power supply at home.



NEVER trust the advice of a salesman! They are paid to sell, so always make
independent enquiries! She may however be right, but the only way to find
out is to try it with the 300w PSU and replace it if need be.


*sigh* I'd like to make a comment about how crap your advice is, but I'm
just too apathetic right now. **** off though, will you?


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Old September 30th 04, 02:34 PM
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Toshi1873 looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

In article ,
says...
NEVER trust the advice of a salesman! They are paid to sell, so always make
independent enquiries! She may however be right, but the only way to find
out is to try it with the 300w PSU and replace it if need be.


As opposed to asking complete strangers here on USENET?
(j/k... kinda)


The difference is that random strangers on Usenet aren't getting a
commission for convincing you that you need product X, the salesperson
is/might be.

Salespeople can and do lie to sell products, for the simple reason that
they don't make any money if they don't sell things.

That's the big downside of having salespeople on commission only.

Xocyll
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Old September 30th 04, 03:38 PM
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Salespeople can and do lie to sell products, for the simple reason that
they don't make any money if they don't sell things.


My favourite lately is when they try to sell you expensive
precision-machined cables and conenctors for digital TV/radio receivers,
when half the point of digital receivers is you don't need such a great
signal for them to work properly.


 




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