250 or 300 watt psu??

[hellboy]

i'm looking for a new psu and just wanted to know which is best to use
i'm running a p3 700 with 256mb or ram

thing is that the 300 watt psus are double the price of the 250 watt psus
so if i dont have to pay double the price i rather not

thanx in adavance

 

[micron]

I would recommend a 300W PS, but as long as you get a qaulity 250W PS you should be fine.

 

[Jhhnn]

Depends on what else you're using, lots of devices need lots of power. Also depends on your plans and means.

Having said that, generic psu's are a crapshoot- some are good quality, some are junk, hard to tell without being very familiar with the source/batch.

Go to computer123.com, search for Enermax, the 250w model is the best deal I know of on a brand name unit. That's if you decide to just replace your blown unit. Somebody else may offer a better deal..

 

[hellboy]

i can get an Enermax 330 watt for 85$ CAN but the 250 watt no name ones are only 35$
my old 230 watt psu blew up as soon as i plugged my p3 700 in so i'm trying to avoid the same situation
i'll take a look at the Enermax 250 watt, thanx guys

 

[hellboy]

bahhhhh computer123.com wont ship to Canada

 

[micron]

I would just get the 330W Enermax.

 

[hellboy]

so would i if it wasnt 50$ more expensive and i wasnt low for cash

 

[hagbard]

Enermax all the way. But if you want a Antec 303x, I have one real cheap. No guarantees of course ;-)

hagbard

 

[Viperoni]

Bigfootcomputer, where I got my Enermax 350

A decent quality 250watter should be good enough though.

 

[hellboy]

i'm looking for an Enermax 250 watt psu (money being the big issue) but it just seems that no one is selling them
and the ones that do dont ship up north

thanx for the BigFoot link, i'll check it out

 

[shiznut123]

Get the 250w. I have a celeron2@1054, 2 5400rpm hdrives, 2 80mm fans, 1 arctic cooler, 1 slot cooler, 1 Intel fan, 1 cdrom, 1 cd-rw, all running off 250watt PS.

 

[hellboy]

i'm going nuts
been 4 days now and cant find a place that sells these psus =\

looks like i'm going to have to settle for an Antec 300 watt psu
i just cant wait any longer..... need my pc back !!!!!!!!!

 

[TuOni]

go with the 250 if you are short on cash I have used these before for athlon systems 1 gig and such with ata cards and many fans. Dont worry. But if you want to shell out a couple more bucks it might be worth it. 40 bucks can get you a ANTEC 303x 300 ps which is highly effective. this is the same powersupply that the antec sx830 uses ;}