How much power do I need?

[DeltaT]

I am building a machine with a 1.2 Ghz Athlon, A7V133 motherboard with 512 mb PC-133 ram and a Geforce 3, also will have about 4 or 5 PCI cards. How much Wattage will I need for my power supply?

 

[ledzepp98]

you will NEED AT LEAST 300 watts, but i would go with 400 watts (350 minimum)

 

[weovpac]

I would get a ENERMAX EG465P-VE 431W Power supply. Newegg

 

[danii8]

I would go with 400 watts too.

 

[SergeantDan]

Yep, 350-400w will last you board life plus upgrades for awhile. Hopefully we will start getting pc manufacturers to figure ways to increase tech, but decrease pwr consumption.
Nuclear??

 

[TruculentTucan]

now there is a bright idea 😀

The real problem with a nuclear reactor in a computer is [1] it isn't small enough, and [2] even if it were think about how much money you would have to spend cooling the damn thing just to keep it running. Also I don't know if I want a Johnny Knoxville esque kid with a friggin NUCLEAR REACTOR in his computer.... All in all it just sounds like a recipe for diaster.

 

[00aStrOgUy00]

home chrynobyl!! We will start seeing a lot of children with 3 eyes.

 

[crazyjoekuta]

i read an article that was concerned with increasing clock speeds which are in the microwave spectrum.... hence possible cancer? but i doubt a small computer chip could do that much damage.

 

[mp3turbo]

hello,

who knows, 1.5GHz monsters with just 90W heat radiation can radiate many other "interesting" things... cell's have 0.9GHz with ~2W... and long term expose... grrr

bye, mp3turbo.