is a 300watt power supply enough for this setup..

[baisezmoi]

1 cdwriter
1 dvd-rom
3 hard drives (2 40gb, 1 60gb)
1 nic card
1 agp video card
P3 450
1 soundcard
1 promise controller

well right now, i'm still deciding whether or not to get the 300 watt or 400watt antec ps.

 

[Jerboy]

<< 1 cdwriter
1 dvd-rom
3 hard drives (2 40gb, 1 60gb)
1 nic card
1 agp video card
P3 450
1 soundcard
1 promise controller

well right now, i'm still deciding whether or not to get the 300 watt or 400watt antec ps. >>




More than enough. My P3 600 Katmai, the most power hungry P3 ever made is happy with 250W PS.

 

[Pariah]

Any single CPU system will run fine on a 300W. You would need something extremely unusual to require more, like a dozen hard drives or something.

 

[baisezmoi]

okay, thanks for the advise

time to place an online order for a 300watt ps

 

[Smbu]

A 300W psu should definately be enough for a P3 450 and that extra stuff. For awhile I was running a 1.4ghz Tbird on a 250W psu. Although, I did have the DVD drive and cdrw drive in an external case getting power from something else.

 

[LXi]

300W is a little tight, I would opt for 340W or 350W. Although the P3 is not a power eater, but you got like 5 IDE devices and 4 addon cards, I'd say if you want to be safe you should go to 340/350W.