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300W Power Supply enough for P4 system?

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pookguy88

Golden Member
i'm going to be building my P4 rig soon, i'm just wondering if my old 300W power supply will do?
i'm going ot have the following components:
- mobo, P4 CPU <--- obviously
- cd burner
- dvd rom
- sb live!
- Geforce 3
- lan card


will 300W be enough for this stuff?
or should i just buy a new ps?? if so, what kinda wattage?
thanx.
 
As long as it is a quality 300w psu (Antec, HEC, Enermax, Allied, Sparkle) then you will be fine.

What do you have now?
 
As long as it has decent power on the 5V + 3.3V rails. I'm using a 300W Sparkle PS (200W on combined rails). I run a P4 2.4, A CD burner, DVD drive, GF3 (overclocked), and I'm planning on adding an HD RAID. 300W is fine.
 
As long as your power supply has the P4 12v connector for your motherboard, it should be fine.
 
cool, thanx for the all input guys. i'll try it later today, hopefully and let u guys know what happens. good to know i don't have to spend even more cash now.
 
i am running everything on "lilo"see sig on a 350 watt generic np (for those who read my overclocking questions epox reports a low 3.3v line but sandra reports it right)😉

and on the willie i use a 320 watt turbolink np

mike
 
My lite-on 250w ps powers my 2.8ghz w/ GF4, CDRW, DVD, 2 hd's, etc.

Having a HUGE PS is one of the more overrated suggestions that I read. As John said, it's all about the quality.
 
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