how many watt PSU would I need for this setup?

[iskim86]

Asus mini-ATX mobo with onboard sound and video. ASUS M2NPV-VM
Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 65W
4gigs of Corsair DDR2-800 RAM (4x1gb)
CPU cooler
a hard drive

thanks

MOD EDIT: Moving to Power Supplies. - Zap

 

[mpilchfamily]

300W maybe less.

If you want to add a video card later you may want something stronger.

 

[iskim86]

i used to have a 550watter in it before i removed the video card and whatnot. 300watts? seems a bit small

 

[the unknown]

300W is more than enough. System probably draws less than 150 peak. Even if you add a DVD drive and whatnot. Contrary to popular belief it's not always necessary for high watt output PSUs, especially like something you are doing. Anandtech did an article on this.. Article

 

[yh125d]

This Silverstone 400w would be plenty of power for that system and at $30 for a quality PSU it's hard to pass up. It will also give you a little headroom for expanding in the future if you wish

 

[mpilchfamily]

Its amazing how much power some video cards need.

 

[Zap]

I'd think that not overclocked, with integrated video and only one hard drive, the setup won't need over 100W. I believe SPCR has tested idle speeds of similar setups at under 50W from the wall.

 

[iskim86]

we have a power supply section? hot diggity!