300Watt Power Supply Enough?

[caniroc]

I am just putting together the upgades in the kids computer. Their's was an old celeron 400 with 256 megs of ram and onboard video. Yeah it sucked--they couldn't even play the sims.

Anyway, I got all the new stuff for it and started putting it together tonite. AMD AthlonXP2000+, geforce fx5200 128mb video card, Soltek 75FRN2-L M/B, 256 mb ddr, 40 gig HD. I now need a new power supply since the old one doesn't have the 4 pin 12 connector.

I don't think I need something crazy expensive for it. Will a good 300 or 350 watt PS do it?
Thanks

Bob

 

[Painman]

Yeah, a decent 300-350 will do just fine for that.

 

[CheesePoofs]

As long as its a quality PS it will run it. Im running my rig (in sig) off of a quality 330W power supply.

 

[caniroc]

Thanks, I'll go with the 300.

Bob

 

[Christobevii3]

I have on an antec 300sl:
Geforce 5700 regular
Athlon 64 2800+ @ 2.1GHz
512MB ddr
Asus K8N
One Hard drive.

 

[cyberknight]

I've recommend a Sparkel 300W. Make sure you get the version with 18A on the +12V and the 120mm fan.

 

[Thegonagle]

Originally posted by: cyberknight
I've recommend a Sparkel 300W. Make sure you get the version with 18A on the +12V and the 120mm fan.

Don't get the Hi-Q/Power-Q models though; get the Fortron/Sparkle model with "FSP" in the model number. The FSP300-60PN and FSP350-60PN are pretty nice 120 mm fan models. They move plenty of air, and are pleasantly quiet when CPU utilization is low.

 

[fibes]

Super-Flower

Fortron

Enermax

 

[StrangerGuy]

I now running a AXP @ 1.8GHz, 1GB RAM and a 9800 Pro with a HEC 300W. I'm sure a quality 300W PSU will be more than enough for your system.

 

[bigpow]

should be enough

 

[Gamingphreek]

You are running a very low power system. I would not recommend it due to voltage fluctations and spikes but even a Generic 300Watt PSU should have no problem with that system.

-Kevin