350watt sufficient for 3.2ghz?

[ku]

I'm building my friend a computer and there's a conflicting case/pw combo. would a 350watt be able to support P4 3.2ghz, ASUS P4C800, DVD, CD-RW, 9800XT, etc.?

 

[jdogg707]

I would say if it's a quality PSU, and there will be no overclocking, then possibly. I would suggest at least a quality 400W PSU for that system though.

 

[thejackal1]

i am running a P4 3.0, asus p4c800, dvd, cdrw, ti 4200, and 1 hd on 300 watts Antec.

 

[Kremlar]

350W is absolutely fine for that.

However, like ANY power supply should be, make sure it's a good brand.

 

[nick1985]

make sure its a quality PSU.

 

[Shagga]

I am running a P4 3.0GHz, Asus P4C800E, SCSI CD Rom, IDE DVD Rom, SCSI CDRW, IDE DVD 8x Writer, Radeon 9800Pro, 2 x 36GB Raptors in RAID 0, 1 x 200GB SATA Maxtor Plus, Floppy Drive, 4 x 80mm Case Fans, 4 x Peripherals (Printer, Bluetooth KB/Mouse, Joystick & PDA) attached to 4 x USB ports, TBSC Sound Card, Adaptec SCSI Controller and and ISDN modem and started to get problems with my PC not starting up all of the time it was pretty hit and miss. These were all being supplied power by an Enermax 365 watt PSU.

I just changed the PSU to a new Zalman ZM400A-APF (400 watt) and the problem has gone away. Hope that gives you some indication.

 

[thraxes]

PSU Rule of thumb:

Quality over Quantity!

How else can a Shuttle 200W PSU power a 3GHZ monster with top graphics, 2 HDDs and a DVD burner without a problem?

 

[ku]

Thanks for all the replies...
I was thinking about getting him the Aspire X-Dreamer 2 (he wants the looks) and it comes with a Turbolink 350 watt. I'll do some more research on this and see how it is. In the meantime, could anyone suggest any cases that either come with a good power supply or cheap cases so I could buy a 400w ps? THANKS

 

[hans007]

this power supply insanity is out of control. a good 250 watt, probably even a generic one could run it. it might not have the cleanest voltages, but the 3.2 is designed to tolerate not having the best signals. thats why you can o/c them if you DO have cleaner signaling.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: nick1985
make sure its a quality PSU.

Good point. A quality PSU is said to be 100w better then a comparable junker PSU.

 

[Boogak]

Got a P4 2.4C@3.26ghz , P4P800-D, 3 7200 RPM hard drives, DVD-ROM, CDRW drive, + 5 case fans on a 350w Fortron power supply.