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Power supply Recommendation
Hi Yall, Here is the system I am assembling: Athlon 64 3000 Abit KV8 Pro Samsung 512 MB PC 3200 WD 1600JD(160G/7200/8M/SATA) Lite-on DVD-R/RW SOHW-812S Gigabyte 9600XT LG FLATRON L1720P Either Antec 420w or 480w True Blue Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w? Wad |
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On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 15:45:08 +0900, Wad wrote:
Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w? My old 400W wouldn't run my A64 3000+ system. Works fine on my older XP system. I tried 500W, 550W, and 600W cheap ones ($12-$24) and they all worked stable. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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Wad wrote:
Hi Yall, Here is the system I am assembling: Athlon 64 3000 Abit KV8 Pro Samsung 512 MB PC 3200 WD 1600JD(160G/7200/8M/SATA) Lite-on DVD-R/RW SOHW-812S Gigabyte 9600XT LG FLATRON L1720P Either Antec 420w or 480w True Blue Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w? Wad Maybe not, but you can never have too much power. Is there that much of a price difference between the 430 and 480? -- Derek |
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On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 07:50:25 GMT, Wes Newell
wrote: Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w? My old 400W wouldn't run my A64 3000+ system. Works fine on my older XP system. I tried 500W, 550W, and 600W cheap ones ($12-$24) and they all worked stable. There's more that simple Watt numbers. I'm using a very solid Dual-Opteron Workstation having just a 400W power supply. Gruss, Andreas |
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On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 20:42:18 +0200, Andreas Kaiser wrote:
On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 07:50:25 GMT, Wes Newell wrote: Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w? My old 400W wouldn't run my A64 3000+ system. Works fine on my older XP system. I tried 500W, 550W, and 600W cheap ones ($12-$24) and they all worked stable. There's more that simple Watt numbers. Not really, except on which rails the wattage is provided. I'm using a very solid Dual-Opteron Workstation having just a 400W power supply. And it's obviously a good one for your MB with enough wattage on each rail for it to function properly. I have seen even larger PSU's that don't provide enough wattage on the +12v rail that might have problems though. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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"Wes Newell" wrote in message newsan.2004.08.02.22.41.14.872963@TAKEOUTverizon .net... | On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 20:42:18 +0200, Andreas Kaiser wrote: | | On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 07:50:25 GMT, Wes Newell | wrote: | | Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w? | | My old 400W wouldn't run my A64 3000+ system. Works fine on my older XP | system. I tried 500W, 550W, and 600W cheap ones ($12-$24) and they all | worked stable. | | There's more that simple Watt numbers. | | Not really, except on which rails the wattage is provided. | | I'm using a very solid Dual-Opteron Workstation having just a 400W power | supply. | | And it's obviously a good one for your MB with enough wattage on each rail | for it to function properly. I have seen even larger PSU's that don't | provide enough wattage on the +12v rail that might have problems though. | I'm running a 350w on a A64 with no problems. 2 optical drives, 2 SATA drives, 9800 pro, yadda yadda yadda. |
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The setup that I have is Rock stable but cannot get floppy controller to
work, think I may have to send board in on a RMA since I have tried different cables, floppys, just built this rig last week and it handles all the games and applications like a champ.Very stable and overclocked pretty well.... Steve T Gigabyte K8NS-Pro AMD 64 3000+ @ 2.2 = 3200+ w/stock cooling Mushkin Green PC3200 512 Meg X 2= 1Gig Antec Sonata 380 Watt PS 2X Maxtor 40 Gig PATA 133 Emprex 4X DVD RW CDRW Radeon 9800 Pro 128 Meg "Ed" wrote in message ... On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 15:45:08 +0900, Wad wrote: Hi Yall, Here is the system I am assembling: Athlon 64 3000 Abit KV8 Pro Samsung 512 MB PC 3200 WD 1600JD(160G/7200/8M/SATA) Lite-on DVD-R/RW SOHW-812S Gigabyte 9600XT LG FLATRON L1720P Either Antec 420w or 480w True Blue Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w? Wad No need for the 480W I'd go for the 420 unless the 480 was only $2 more. ;p FWIW, I built this for a friend about 4 months ago, it's been running rock solid since day one. Antec Sonata case w/380W Athlon 64 3000+ AMD64 HS/fan (only 21db) $7 @ newegg MSI Neo (754) 1GB Mushkin 2x512 PC3500 2 - WD 160GB (SATA) drives 8x DVD-RW 52X CDRW ATI 9800 Pro 128M AUDIGY 2Z etc,etc...... hth, Ed |
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Make sure the floppy is detected in the bios settings, Does the floppy
light stay on all the time ? "Stephen Tomaszewski" wrote in message ... The setup that I have is Rock stable but cannot get floppy controller to work, think I may have to send board in on a RMA since I have tried different cables, floppys, just built this rig last week and it handles all the games and applications like a champ.Very stable and overclocked pretty well.... Steve T Gigabyte K8NS-Pro AMD 64 3000+ @ 2.2 = 3200+ w/stock cooling Mushkin Green PC3200 512 Meg X 2= 1Gig Antec Sonata 380 Watt PS 2X Maxtor 40 Gig PATA 133 Emprex 4X DVD RW CDRW Radeon 9800 Pro 128 Meg "Ed" wrote in message ... On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 15:45:08 +0900, Wad wrote: Hi Yall, Here is the system I am assembling: Athlon 64 3000 Abit KV8 Pro Samsung 512 MB PC 3200 WD 1600JD(160G/7200/8M/SATA) Lite-on DVD-R/RW SOHW-812S Gigabyte 9600XT LG FLATRON L1720P Either Antec 420w or 480w True Blue Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w? Wad No need for the 480W I'd go for the 420 unless the 480 was only $2 more. ;p FWIW, I built this for a friend about 4 months ago, it's been running rock solid since day one. Antec Sonata case w/380W Athlon 64 3000+ AMD64 HS/fan (only 21db) $7 @ newegg MSI Neo (754) 1GB Mushkin 2x512 PC3500 2 - WD 160GB (SATA) drives 8x DVD-RW 52X CDRW ATI 9800 Pro 128M AUDIGY 2Z etc,etc...... hth, Ed |
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"Wad" wrote in message
... " Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w? " You should be OK with the Antec True-Blue 420W, but you may also have to measure the choice with upgrading in mind. Without changing the motherboard, you could upgrade to an Athlon64 3700+, 2x 1GB DDR RAM, and a much more powerful graphics card, perhaps one that hasn't yet been released. You will probably need more than 420W with a setup like that, so you'll then need to buy a more-powerful PSU. Will it cost you more in the long-run if you only buy a 420W now? Perhaps so. |
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Cuzman wrote:
"Wad" wrote in message ... " Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w? " You should be OK with the Antec True-Blue 420W, but you may also have to measure the choice with upgrading in mind. Without changing the motherboard, you could upgrade to an Athlon64 3700+, 2x 1GB DDR RAM, and a much more powerful graphics card, perhaps one that hasn't yet been released. You will probably need more than 420W with a setup like that, so you'll then need to buy a more-powerful PSU. Will it cost you more in the long-run if you only buy a 420W now? Perhaps so. I was considering the True Power 480, but today went for the 550. It was only ?10 more. -- Derek |
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