Before i spend a lotta money on a 350 watt ps

[PlatinumGold]

Can anyone tell me if 300 watt ps is sufficient?

I'm currently running:

axia 1 ghz t-bird (not oc'd)
Global Win WBK38 HSF
MSI K7T Turbo Raid MB
CD-Rom
CD-RW
1 HD (soon to upgrade to 2 hd's to use in Raid 0)
Floppy
couple of USB Peripherals
2 fans

Problem is right now. I have a CompUSA cheapo 300 watt PS. when i add peripherals or do anything i get instabilities. I think problem is the ps. i've checked everything else. Now my question is should i buy an Enermax 300 or an Enermax 350??

 

[V]

An Enermax 300 should do it. The compusa one is cheap stuff. I've seen a lot of people with a setup like yours using a Enermax 300w.

 

[tpetre4322]

the compusa brand is antec, those are good power supplys, get the antec 400 watt that should work well. i believe the 400 is only about 80 bucks.

 

[V]

Are you sure? You saw the power supply and it said Antec?

 

[PlatinumGold]

if it's antec. and i've heard that they are pretty gud. then mb i have a different problem. 🙁

 

[rommel]

well i think 300 should do you...ofcorse you could do the math...lol....but more importantly a good ps will give "clean" juice to your system...that you should notice if the ps you have now really is crappy.

 

[Dewey]

More is usually better so if you are worried get a bigger power supply. I have a 1.2 Athlon (OCed), CD, CDRW, HD, floppy, ZIP, 6 case fans, HSF. 300W Antec with no problems.

 

[billyjak]

I run 3 hard drives, CD, CDRW and 7 fans on an Antec 300 power supply, with no problems.
300 is more than enough.
Only go higher if you are going to run more than 3 hard drives.

 

[PlatinumGold]

i've been testing my machine w/ different voltages etc.

i think the problem was i had the voltage for cpu too low. i was running cpu at 1.47 volts. i've up it back to default and no problems in stability.


btw thanx for the responses