cases/psu for athlons

SocrPlyr

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Oct 9, 1999
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ok here is my predicament (sp?)
i need cases for a couple of athlon 1.4s i am building and price matters cuz this is for my friend so i need to get cases w/ pretty good cooling but most importantly a good power supply (noise is a conscern but it doesn't have to be silent... reason for antec too ... i have gotten pretty quiet ones)
the cases that i am looking at right now are antecs (i know u love ur enermax psu but i can't find any cases decently priced w/ them in them...)
i really want to get the KS282+PP303X because it is availible locally (ie no shipping) but i am not sure if that would be enough power (300W) ~$70 no shipping
the other option that i am looking at is the SX635 this has a 350W power supply but is this enough? ~90 +shipping
ok basically i need to know if the first option would cut it
if it won't (which it probably won't) will the second option cut it?

specs on the machines:
KK266
tbird 1.4
2HDs (one 7200 the other 5400)
cdrom
burner
nic
modem
floppy (nope hasn't died in my opinion)
1 maybe 2 case fans
v3 2000 (don't ask)
this is a no O/C zone

i will admit the possibility of going to directron.com (or some place like it and doing the case + power supply ... but it is soo expensive... $100+ +shipping)

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Mem

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Apr 23, 2000
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Of the two choices you mentioned I would go with the SX635 with 350w this will be ok,I presume the size of case is ok for you. Antec are very good PSUs but I would not want to run a 300w with 1.4ghz yes I know some people have but 350w is the better and safer bet IMHO.

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Shmorq

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Aug 10, 2000
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I personally think 300 would be enough since Antec makes VERY good power supplies, but just in case, I would also go with the 350Watt PSU just for the assurance that if something goes wrong, you can take this out of the equation.

And I'm gonna ask... why the Voodoo3 2000?:)
 

MasterHoss

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I like the Antec cases as well, but feel safe with most ps 300W or better. The Antec 300W ps will do just fine; in fact, most any 300W ps will do fine (whether it's on AMD's partner marketing...er...I mean whether it's on AMD's approval list or not).

I would say your machines that you're building would not use more than 200W of actual, steady-state power.