fans causing power problems?

ku

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ok,, so here is the deal,,, I am planning to get a enlight 300w p/s.. I am planing to run 5 case fans... these are 3 80mm fans (2 of them aew 2.1w, third is a generic fan that i dont know specs about ( too lazy to remove and look at it heh..),, and 2 pci slot fans. I am running a 1.4ghz athlon tbird with sk-6 w/ delta fan, 8xdvd, 16xcd-rw, 80gb 7200rpm, 512mb ddr, gf2 64 pro.

Okay, so i am currently running on a generic 300w supply with no problems with everything there but only (1) pci slot fan and (1) 80mm fan. will adding those few fans cause me problems? i highly doubt this but i am bored and i feel like asking.
 

Swanny

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You might want to step that PS up to an Antec or something just on general principles of stability.
 

0beron

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My 300W no namer started acting up when I put 4x80mm fans in so you might need to get something more powerful. I say try it out. If there are stability problems after just adding the fans, it is most likely the power supply and you need to get something more powerful. I opted for the 431W Enermax, no power problems now.