do i need a bigger power supply?

[tizodq]

right now ive got the antec true 430 power supply. connected to it i have:

athlonxp 2000+
9700 np
6 hard drives
floppy
sound card/lan card
cdrom

all on an epox 8k3a+

do you think this should be fine or should i take out 1 of the hard drives?

 

[mrweirdo]

you probably will want to take out one of the drives realy depends on how many fans etc you have in that case as well. How come you have so many drives in there expecialy since drives are so cheap now days you could probably go out and buy some drive with more capacity then all your older drives put together depending on how old those are.

 

[Corporate Thug]

that should be more than sufficent to run everything

 

[dnuggett]

No... I read Antec 430W and stopped there. You do not need more than that. You could get by fine with 350W if it were Antec.

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: dnuggett
No... I read Antec 430W and stopped there. You do not need more than that. You could get by fine with 350W if it were Antec.

maybe you should keep reading, then, because he has a total of 7 IDE devices and a powerful video card.

tizodq, do you have MBM? monitor your voltages, run some cpu/memory/hdd/video intensive stuff (3d games come to mind), and watch your 5v and 12v lines. if they go more than 10% either way, you may need a more powerful PSU.

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

6 hard drives

Why on earth do you have so many HDD's in there..?

 

[ThatDumbGuy]

As long as you don't notice any problems, you're fine. I would think that you would be fine even if you added another couple hard drives.

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: Amorphus

Originally posted by: dnuggett
No... I read Antec 430W and stopped there. You do not need more than that. You could get by fine with 350W if it were Antec.

maybe you should keep reading, then, because he has a total of 7 IDE devices and a powerful video card.

tizodq, do you have MBM? monitor your voltages, run some cpu/memory/hdd/video intensive stuff (3d games come to mind), and watch your 5v and 12v lines. if they go more than 10% either way, you may need a more powerful PSU.

Read the rest and I still don't think it's a prob.