250w Power Supply

[mrlayance]

How many devices can you host on a 250w power supply?
I have 3 drives and a CDRom. I want to get a IDE Card and add a few more drives. Would I have to upgrade Power Supplies? I am running a PII.

 

[DannyBoy]

What PSU is it?

 

[mrlayance]

Generic 250w

 

[DannyBoy]

You will need a new PSU.

Go for a branded 350-400watt one.

Dan 😀

 

[0roo0roo]

more then 4 drives? u'd be pushing ur luck.

 

[Batman5177]

on my antec 250w, i've got a xp2600+, 2 optical drives, 2 hard drives, and 6 panaflo fans, and a cold cathode.

antec = winnar!

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Batman5177
on my antec 250w, i've got a xp2600+, 2 optical drives, 2 hard drives, and 6 panaflo fans, and a cold cathode.

antec = winnar!

Yikes :Q

I woulda thought even on a branded Antec 250watt that would be pushing it :Q

 

[jonn]

i found a interesting chart of psu requierments on AMD's site.

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_869_4348^1065,00.html

chart is in pdf format

 

[JSSheridan]

Linked. Peace.

 

[JZilla]

You do the math