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Power Supply
Hello,
I have 2 computers currently: Computer 1 500 watt power supply 20 pin 3.4ghz P4 Abit duramax Motherboard 1 gig of 533 RAM 120gig Sata Drive 80 gig IDE Drive NEC 16x DVD burner Computer 2 400 watt power supply 2.6ghz P4 MSI neo2 865pe 1.5gig 400mhz RAM DVD-ROM IDE Drives: 2-200gig WD 1-160gig Maxtor 1-120gig Maxtor 1-80gig Maxtor I have been having a lot of problems with computer 2 to find out the power supply can't handle the power requirerments. What my plan was was to swap computer 1's 500 Power supply into computer 2 and purchasing a new 24pin Power supply for computer 1 since i am using a 20 ping connector with the Abit motherboard which has the 24pin connector on it. Can anyone tell me if i will need more power than a 500 watt power supply to power computer 2? If it will, what would you recommend for a 24 power supply for computer 1? What size power supply would you recommend for Computer 2? Thanks for the help. |
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a2o wrote:
Hello, I have 2 computers currently: Computer 1 500 watt power supply 20 pin 3.4ghz P4 Abit duramax Motherboard 1 gig of 533 RAM 120gig Sata Drive 80 gig IDE Drive NEC 16x DVD burner Computer 2 400 watt power supply 2.6ghz P4 MSI neo2 865pe 1.5gig 400mhz RAM DVD-ROM IDE Drives: 2-200gig WD 1-160gig Maxtor 1-120gig Maxtor 1-80gig Maxtor I have been having a lot of problems with computer 2 to find out the power supply can't handle the power requirerments. What my plan was was to swap computer 1's 500 Power supply into computer 2 and purchasing a new 24pin Power supply for computer 1 since i am using a 20 ping connector with the Abit motherboard which has the 24pin connector on it. Can anyone tell me if i will need more power than a 500 watt power supply to power computer 2? If it will, what would you recommend for a 24 power supply for computer 1? What size power supply would you recommend for Computer 2? Thanks for the help. With PSUs, size is *NOT* everything. A 350-400W quality brand (Enermax, Antec, Tagan, OCZ, etc) should be more than adequate for either system which says to me that the PSU is of pound store quality. A pound store PSU might be stamped '400W' but I can guarantee you can halve that. I have a 500W Tagan in my system (cost me £80) which is overkill, but it's there for future expansion. As I say to everyone who asks me this question - which would you rather - £60-£80 on a PSU now - or £300-£400 on replacement components in a couple of months when it fuses and takes half the components with it? Economising on a PSU is false economy - you'll end up regretting it - sooner rather than later. Do yourself a favour and spend the money now - or spend considerably more later. -- Facon - the artificial bacon bits you get in Pizza Hut for sprinkling on salads. |
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Thanks for the reply. And i will be following your recommendation.
Thanks again. |
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I would recommend in investing in an 550 Watt Antec True-Power power for
each computer. This power supply unit is rated to be one of the most conservatively and heavy duty designed units available for consumer use. I think it would handle your loads just fine. -- DaveW "a2o" wrote in message ups.com... Hello, I have 2 computers currently: Computer 1 500 watt power supply 20 pin 3.4ghz P4 Abit duramax Motherboard 1 gig of 533 RAM 120gig Sata Drive 80 gig IDE Drive NEC 16x DVD burner Computer 2 400 watt power supply 2.6ghz P4 MSI neo2 865pe 1.5gig 400mhz RAM DVD-ROM IDE Drives: 2-200gig WD 1-160gig Maxtor 1-120gig Maxtor 1-80gig Maxtor I have been having a lot of problems with computer 2 to find out the power supply can't handle the power requirerments. What my plan was was to swap computer 1's 500 Power supply into computer 2 and purchasing a new 24pin Power supply for computer 1 since i am using a 20 ping connector with the Abit motherboard which has the 24pin connector on it. Can anyone tell me if i will need more power than a 500 watt power supply to power computer 2? If it will, what would you recommend for a 24 power supply for computer 1? What size power supply would you recommend for Computer 2? Thanks for the help. |
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Thanks for the reply.
What if i were to go this route? Would this power supply and case work OK do you think? ANTEC Performance Plus Case with 430W Power Supply, Model "PLUS1080AMG" - Retail http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...129-115&depa=0 DaveW wrote: I would recommend in investing in an 550 Watt Antec True-Power power for each computer. This power supply unit is rated to be one of the most conservatively and heavy duty designed units available for consumer use. I think it would handle your loads just fine. -- DaveW "a2o" wrote in message ups.com... Hello, I have 2 computers currently: Computer 1 500 watt power supply 20 pin 3.4ghz P4 Abit duramax Motherboard 1 gig of 533 RAM 120gig Sata Drive 80 gig IDE Drive NEC 16x DVD burner Computer 2 400 watt power supply 2.6ghz P4 MSI neo2 865pe 1.5gig 400mhz RAM DVD-ROM IDE Drives: 2-200gig WD 1-160gig Maxtor 1-120gig Maxtor 1-80gig Maxtor I have been having a lot of problems with computer 2 to find out the power supply can't handle the power requirerments. What my plan was was to swap computer 1's 500 Power supply into computer 2 and purchasing a new 24pin Power supply for computer 1 since i am using a 20 ping connector with the Abit motherboard which has the 24pin connector on it. Can anyone tell me if i will need more power than a 500 watt power supply to power computer 2? If it will, what would you recommend for a 24 power supply for computer 1? What size power supply would you recommend for Computer 2? Thanks for the help. |
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I currently have an MSI Neo2 FISR2. I have 2 drives plugged into IDE1,
2 in IDE2 and 2 in IDE3. Whenever I have a drive plugged into IDE3 I have issues with my PC being unstable. I recently was noticing what i thought were issues with my RAM which after much playing around, came to find that when I would unplug the drives from IDE3 the RAM would check out and the PC seems to work fine. why can't i have drives plugged into IDE3? I have purchased a new power supply thinking maybe there was some power issues but that has not solved it either. I have tried 3 different brands of varying sizes from 40gig drives to 200gig drives. Also, i did upgrade the bios to 2.5 in this machine thinking the latest release may fix it but it did not. Any ideas as to what it could be this time? I went and bought an antec PSU and it was doing the same thing as my older PSU's. |
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