Enermax 350 or 450?

MGMorden

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Jul 4, 2000
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Hey guys. Here's my dilemma. I'm trying to decide on whether or not to get the Enermax 350 or 450 power supply. My system config is as follows:

(currently)Enlight 250w ATX Power Supply
Abit BE6 motherboard
Intel Celeron 566@850 1.7v on generic slotket
(2) 128mb PC100 Dimms for a total of 256mb of ram
TnT2 Video Card
Diamond MX-300 Sound Card
ATI TV Wonder (PCI) Tv tuner
Generic PCI NIC
VooDoo2 Card
Lucent PCI Winmodem
PCMCIA Reader
2 80mm case fans + a golden orb's fan
Seagate 17gb ATA66 hard drive
Mitsumi 3.5" Floppy
Imation IDE LS-120 Drive
Internal IDE ZIP Drive
Mitsumi 4801TE CD Burner
Acer 50x CD ROM

I'm planning on getting a GeForce2 MX card soon and I don't know if my current supply would be able to handle all of this (I don't know if it can handle what I have now). So, do you guys think the Enermax 350 or 450 would be a better solution for me?
 

thermite88

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The 350W is more than adequate for your setup. The Enermax has higher current capacity than other similarly rated PS. However, for $30 more, I will get the 450W for future expansion and extra margin now.
 

MGMorden

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Yeah. I think I will go with the 450w. I found it for $70 (which I think is a good price), and it should last me quite a long time. Only problem I have with it (and the 350 enermax) is that the ATX power connector is supposed to be 30" according to what I've read. Great for a full tower but I'm only using a mid-tower, but I gues I can zip tie the extra length. Thanks for the assitance.