is 230W power supply enough for this setup?

[Joe750]

I have a new mobo and cpu, but not much else. I am hoping this old power supply will be good enough (230W ATX Switching power supply). I am not trying to overclock or run lots of drives, just the basics. In other words, I am just trying to get by and avoid crashes or damage to my system. I have:

ASROCK Motherboard For AMD Model K7-VM2
AMD Athlon Xp 2200
CPU fan
ATI Radeon 7000 64mb (tv out instead of monitor)
10 gig hd
keyboard, usb wireless mouse, HotRod joystick
cheapie speakers (no sub)

no cd, no floppy, no sound card, no modem, no case fans

What do you think?

 

[Corporate Thug]

it should do ok, but thats pushing it. i would go 300W if i had the option

 

[Ronin]

Agreed. The CPU alone would require a higher power supply, and you may experience some crashes and/or unexpected system shutdowns because of it.

 

[Ryan]

Hey - I run a 220w system with the specs below (see sig), along with 4 power robbing USB devices. It's all about the quality of the PSU

 

[Joe750]

rbloedow, what brand do you have? Mine is a CSI, is that any good?

 

[bozo1]

I say it depends on the mobo. That powersupply provides no where near the amount of juice that the processor needs on the 5V and 3.3V lines if the motherboard is one that uses those rails to supply the processor. Only the later mobo's pull the processor juice off the 12V line like Intel boards do.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

As long as that PSU can put out the required power on the 12V, it's plenty fine.

Don't listen to the "OMGZ YU0 NEED teh 550W TURPOWAR!" monkeys.

- M4H

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Joe750
rbloedow, what brand do you have? Mine is a CSI, is that any good?

Actually, mine is an OEM Gateway power supply. Gateway and Dell use some of the highest quality/stable PSUs in the business, so when I worked for Gateway, I snagged one of their tooless cases and it came with the power supply. I just bought my own motherboard, etc, and it works perfectly

 

[Burninator]

should work as long as you dont put a huge strain on your system (i.e OCing it)

 

[Zepper]

Too bad you bought the Asrock instead of the MSI equivalent (KM2M Combo L) - if you can, swap it out. You're going to be pushing it with that PSU on a mobo w/o the P4 connector to power the CPU like the MSI has.
.bh.
:moon:

 

[Joe750]

zepper, it is not too late! What makes the MSI better in my case? Thanks.

 

[Zepper]

The p4 power connector allows AMD CPUs to run comfortably on lower power PSUs (just as it does for P4s) because the majority of the CPU power comes of the 12V rail.
. If your PSU doesn't have the 4pin square connector, you can get an adapter from : http://www.svc.com or newegg under I-Star.
I'm running 3 SCSI HDs and a SCSI burner along with everything else on a 250W Sparkle using the KM2M mobo - no problemo. Other than that, they are identical mobos.
.bh.
:moon: