300 Watts: Enough for a Athlon XP 1600+ ?

[Bert770]

Ok, I actually have a Enermax 300 Watts power supply that I bought 3 months ago to be ready to upgrade my processor to a Athlon XP 1600+. In about one week, I'll buy the processor and I don't want to change my power supply. Then I was asking me if my Enermax 300 Watts power supply was enough to run a Athlon XP 1600+. Somebody said me that is was enough. So, what do you think? Thanks to anybody who will help me!

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

It is enough.

 

[BlueTDimly]

Why don't you look at the AMD system builder site here...

 

[samyboy]

I am not proud about this but I am running K7S5A + XP 1600 on 250W PS. I have 2 HDs, CD, CDRW, Firewire card. It's just a generic PS. I plan to upgrade to better case/PS once I have some money but to answer your question I think it will work.

 

[SeventySeven]

The 300W should be enough, but it also depends on how much other stuff you plan on connecting to it... number of drives, number of cards, and as I've experienced... the number of big fans!!

 

[Bert770]

Thank you. You guys bring me good news. I won't have to change my power supplyé.

 

[Hawkes]

Actually just upgraded my machine from a BH6-II with a P3-933 to a KR7A-Raid with a AMD Athlon XP 1600+ - like you, I have a 300W PS (PC Power & Cooling). System seems stable. Only one HD, CD-RW and a single stick of 512M. If I were to add more stuff (additional HD, DVD drive, etc) I'd probably up the power supply. AMD CPU definitely runs hotter - CPU sensor shows 126F via MBM5 with case temp around 89F.