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Enermax 350 or 450?

MGMorden

Diamond Member
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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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