how many devices (esp. hard drives) can i use with a 250W??

[GreenG0AT]

i have a 250W ps and i was wondering how close i am to maxing it out... i am running:
p3 700,
tnt2 ultra,
soundblaster live,
3com nic,
3 case fans,
plextor 16x10x40,
maxtor 4gb
maxtor 10gb
maxtor 16gb

can i add another maxtor 40gb and an ata100 controller card? i know thats a whole crap load of hard drives... but hey...

 

[billyjak]

No you will be looking for trouble, upgrade to a 350 if you want to add another hard drive.
You are Maxed out already.

 

[Shockwave]

Disagree....
I'm running..
floppy
scsi controller
scsi plextor burner
dvd drive
cdrom drive
30 gig ata/100 HD
radone 32 ddr
128 meg ram
800 t bird @ 950
sb x-gamer
intel 1000 meg nic
vid capture
2 case fans
1 cpu fan

All on a 250....

 

[MulLa]

I've seen people run 4 hdds off a 250w before. So it shouldn't be a problem. Make sure it's a good quality one tho.

 

[rlism]

dual 1ghz @1.125
scsi controler
plextor burner
plextor cdrom
toshiba scsi dvdrom
TWO 10k scsi hdd's
geforce2 ultra
soundcard
nic
floppy
4 80mm case fans
2 mb driven cpu fans

i have a 275W pcpower and cooling silencer but i would NOT recommend running this much stuff off it. i even have my hd's set to delay spinup. i just haven't gotten myself to spend 200 bucks on the 400w version of this sweet lil' power supply.

 

[limsandy]

250W here.
DVD-ROM
CD-RW
Maxtor 20 GB
Seagate 20 GB
Floppy drive
2 case fans, 1 hsf
Oh, I'm running Duron 650 @ 975 MHz.

 

[FluxCapacitor]

I also have a 275W PCPower&Cooling Silencer. This PS does NOT handle my system, which consists of:

1.2GHz TBird w/Alpha PAL6035 (60mm Sunon fan)
IWill KK266-R
256MB RAM
20GB Maxtor 7200rpm HD
Kenwood 72x
HP8100 CD burner
3 case fans (1x120mm, 2x80mm)
GeForce DDR
D-Link NIC
SBLive
floppy drive

I guess your milage may vary. It might have something to do with me running mine off a transformer (converting 220V/50Hz to 110V/50Hz), making a work a bit harder. GeForce cards and 1GHz+ TBirds suck up a lot of juice though, your P3 and TNT2 aren't taxing your PS nearly as much.