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Is a 350 good power supply okay for amd 2500xp barton?
I admit it. I was suckered by TigerDirect and Soyo into purchasing
their 99.00 with "rebates" down to 19.99 barebones case, mobo, and power supply deal. I will not make that mistake again. Anyway, I went to put the cpu fan in the thing for testing to see how it would fit and it is so cramped that after I put the CPU in it the power supply touches the fan. I have a good 350w power supply in another system. Is that okay for 2500xp Barton? Can anyone recommend a good motherboard and case? Thank you. |
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wrote in message oups.com... I admit it. I was suckered by TigerDirect and Soyo into purchasing their 99.00 with "rebates" down to 19.99 barebones case, mobo, and power supply deal. I will not make that mistake again. Anyway, I went to put the cpu fan in the thing for testing to see how it would fit and it is so cramped that after I put the CPU in it the power supply touches the fan. I have a good 350w power supply in another system. Is that okay for 2500xp Barton? Can anyone recommend a good motherboard and case? Thank you. As has been pointed out numerous times in the past, the actual power capability of a PSU relative to the manufactorer's label rating differs widely from mfr to mfr. At face value, a 350W PSU should be adequate. But it also depends on what other components you put into your system - gfx card, how many hard disks..... For the past several months, a 300W PSU has been powering my kids' 2600+ Barton with a Biostar M7NCG-400 mobo, an FX5200 gfx card, 512MB, 120GB. An Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe is a top-notch mobo. If your display needs are modest and don't need all the bells and whistles of this mobo, like dual Gigabit LAN, SATA, Firewire, etc., you could go for the A7N8X-VM with its onboard GeForce4 MX graphics. The Biostar M7NCG-400 is similar to the A7N8X-VM, is cheaper and has more features. |
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It wouldn't be bad for $20. That's why I bought it. But I will never
receive the "rebate." That is why I will not make the mistake again. That coupled with the shoddy design. |
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kony wrote: On 8 Jan 2005 11:06:48 -0800, wrote: It wouldn't be bad for $20. That's why I bought it. But I will never receive the "rebate." That is why I will not make the mistake again. That coupled with the shoddy design. Are you sure you wont' get the rebate? Generally if one makes copies of everything, then gets denied, it's more a matter of persistence than anything else. I recall once I got refused a rebate on a camera, 3 times in a row for various different reasons, all BS/nonsense, so i just faxed it all in over and over till they finally emailed me to stop, it was approved. I will keep on them...thanks. |
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