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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2002 12:58 am
by Nelliesboo
My dualie board is on the way and I was just wondering did anyone know of any cheap "good" power supply’s or if not just your suggestions in general...thanks for the help, (spending $100 is a plain for a power supply; the board was only $200!!!)
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2002 7:24 pm
by IntelMole
What chips is the dualie using?
If it's XPs/MPs, you'll want a large power supply... Single XPs systems tend to eat most of a 300W, so I'd probably go for around 431W+, but that's a guestimate FWIW...
If it's a P3 dualie, then you can afford to go much lower on the power supply, but I don't know the actual figures at all, having never heard much about the power consumption of a pentium chip...
Hope this helps,
IntelMole
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2002 7:29 pm
by Nelliesboo
Dualie is going to be just 1g durons right now....(will break the bank when the claw and sleghammers come out) so i want a power supply for now and the new higher amd chips (2g and up)
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2002 7:30 pm
by Nelliesboo
and i have a cheapy 300w power suply now
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2002 5:48 pm
by lenzenm
Hmmm.
An Antec PP-350X (350W) should run you about $59 online, or about $79 retail. An Antec PP-412X (400W) would be about $79 online, or $99 retail. The 350W would be sufficient for dually Durons, might be iffy for dual clawhammers. The 400W should be fine for either.
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2002 12:06 am
by prsha
400w PSU for sure
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2002 8:29 am
by zgirl
I can just recommend that you DON'T buy anything with the name deer on it. They are junk. One friend of mine when through 3 before buying a Enermax. Which has been working fine for a year and a half.
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2002 9:04 am
by JustAnEngineer
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 10:30 pm
by danny e.
make sure you get OVER 400W .. i think AMD recommeds 430 for dual athlon XP's ... if you are buying a PS you want to use for a while... 430 minimum is a good idea. 470 or 520 might not be a bad idea.
just my opinion.