300W PSU suitable?

[mattlody]

Hi,

I'm building a new PC soon. I'll be using a Leadtek GeforceFX 5600 Ultra with 256Mb; a leadtek nforce2 motherboard; a western digital caviar 7200rpm 8ogb HDD; 1024Mb PC2700 DDR ram; athlon xp2600+; 16x DVD; 52x24x52 CD-R/W; 90mm case fan. I've got a 300W PSU kicking around in the house which is one of the newer ones, compatible with socket A. My question is: will this be enough to run this system adequately or should i look for a 450W PSU? Also, the manufacturer of this PSU is KME - does anyone know whether they're any good? Thanks in advance

-Matt

 

[active95]

It should work, might be on the edge, but it should work. In any case if you start to experience some weridness , then you know that a 350 W psu would be much better.
Honestly i can't say that i know the KME , but this days so many psu are on the market..
Just for the record an Xp 2600+ with an ATI 9800 Pro , Asus A7VN8 deluxe, Corsair TwinX 2x256 megs, 120 mm intake fan, 80 mm cpu fan works on a CompUSA 300 W psu
HTH

 

[pmonett]

GeForce FX, nv2 chipset, XP 2600+ . .
Seems that you're building a high-spec, high power PC.
You might want to check this article for PSU specs :

http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/20030609/index.html

You will also surely be interested in this page which gives power requirements in various equipments :

http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/20021021/powersupplies-02.html

As for me, I admit that I have foregone anything less than 400W for quite a few years now. I do not see myself going back to a 300W PSU until PCs can run high-resolution video games without cooling systems that require either wearing ear muffs or plugging in another freezer.

 

[mattlody]

Thanks for the post. I've decided to go for a 420W PSU and replaced the geforce with a 9700 pro

Thanks for the help.

 

[paparazi]

Good decision, users never realize how important the power supply is untill it's too late!
Hard drives
Motherboards
Cdroms (incl DVDwriters, CDRW's etc)
are amoungst the most common things destroyed when a PSU pops.
Martin

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