Is a 300 watt power supply enough for a P4 Northwood?

[Presence]

Well im jumping on the bandwagon and grabbing me a 1.6a. I also have the chance to get a case that I have always wanted in an ADDTRONICS 7896 w/300watt PS. Is 300 enough? Site says case is P4 ready and all but I dont wanna spend all that money for my new case only to have to spend extra getting another PS. Thanks for any info in advance.

Sammy

 

[o1die]

Your power supply should be ok if it's on either AMD's or Intel's approved list. Check their websites.

 

[Schmo]

Yes, 300 watts is plenty unless you are running tons of devices. How do I know... I am running a 300watt supply now just fine.

 

[AndyHui]

300 Watts is fine.

 

[Duvie]

good to hear...I will running my 1.8a northwood hopefully to 2.2 or 2.4ghz with a 350 watt sparkle...I will have about 2 pci cards and 4 ide devices (2 on the raid and r on ata100 conmtroller), & 2 usb devices...

Make sure you look at the board many are p4 ready but still nead a special 12v plug to work with the p4 boards...it is an adapter called atx12v p4 adapter...I need it for my MSI Ultra ARU...A kick-ass anadtecher sent me one for free!!!!

 

[THUGSROOK]

if you can litterally hear your fans slow down under heavy use - its not enough.
otherwise your fine.

 

[Presence]

Sweet thanks guys for the info guys.

 

[MetroRider]

hi Duvie:

could you care to explain where one could go to learn more info about the 12v plug for the P4 motherboards. i just ordered a P4 - 1.8a with the Asus P4B266-C motherboard. would that mobo need the 12v plug? or is that board fine and not need one...

thanks in advance for your help and thoughts...

-David

 

[Dre]

<< hi Duvie:

could you care to explain where one could go to learn more info about the 12v plug for the P4 motherboards. i just ordered a P4 - 1.8a with the Asus P4B266-C motherboard. would that mobo need the 12v plug? or is that board fine and not need one...

thanks in advance for your help and thoughts...

-David >>



The 12V plug is for P4. Supposedly the P4 uses more power that previous intel cpu's, so they added this to ATX 2.03 power supplies.
The Asus P4B266 does not need the special 12V P4 plug. Asus made that board so you can just plug in a standard 4-pin power supply cable into the board in place of the 12V plug.

 

[MetroRider]

Duvie,

thanks for letting me know!

 

[whateverdude]

Ive got a 300w deere running my 1.6. seems fine so far