Do i need a bigger powersupply?

[Tret]

I have a 300 watt power supply and im going to use a asus motherboard one dvd rom drive one 48x24x48 cd burner a floppy drive a radeon 9700 pro and my soudblaster live card my 512mb pc 2100 pc222 and my 80gb westerndigital harddrive do u think 300 watts is enough?

 

[mechBgon]

What brand and model of 300W unit do you have? What's your CPU? Welcome to the forums, by the way

 

[Tret]

im using a amd 1600xp and the brands name if the powersupply is enhance. thank you

 

[mechBgon]

The Enhance 300W is actually pretty good (some people say it's a little loud for them) and should get the job done adequately. If you planned to add a couple more memory modules and another hard drive, that could start to push the limits (up to 15W actual load per memory module, up to 12W per hard drive). That's skimming the surface a bit, but I hope it's a help.

 

[Tret]

the funny thing is when i used the radeon 9700 pro on my comp it crashes and then went i put the 9700 pro comp on another computer it works fine. the i tried my friends video card on my comp it works fine

 

[mechBgon]

If you want to make sure that you have enough power for the next several years, there's a good buy on Antec TruePower 430's at Amazon.com. Here's the Hot Deals thread about that: $66 shipped for a $90+ PSU and these are backed by a 3-year warranty, have two dual-ball-bearing fans, run super-quiet, and have very good regulation and real-world power. And more. To get the needed discount code, search the (fat wallet dot com) forum for "AMEX" to find an Amazon discount code that actually works with VISA and MC as well. I wish I had some extra money floating around to pick up one of these.