Is it enough?

[daywalker14]

I've got a athlon 900mhz with 128 mb of pc 100 ram, i know its ancient, and i just recently installed a geforce4 4200 which i plan to switch over to my new pc i'm buildin, but for now this is all i've got. now i have a 146 watt power supply and i was wondering whether this is enough power to supply this kind of rig. The manufacturer may have gipped me by giving me a to weak of a power supply because it isn't enough. I notice that my geforce 4 is getting really hot and i'm thinkin the lack of power may be stopping the colling systems from running at their best. The problem is my cpu freezes after a while and i'm near sure that it is from overheating to the video card.

I was wondering if someone could tell me if the 146 watt power supply was enough and what could be causing the video card to get so hot. thanks

 

[rocketbubba]

Others would know better than I, but my guess is that power supply is not enough. I would recommend a good power supply of atleast 300w. Antech, Enermax, and Sparkle are a few good brands. As for the video card, check your case cooling. Also, check the fan on the video card. One time I noticed that my video card fan wasn't running because the plug had pulled out a little bit. Just some thoughts - hopefully some others will chip in with some more help.

 

[Duvie]

likely the freezes are due to lack of power or the power supply struggling to meet power needs...I am surprised if the thing doesn't all out die soon....


Pick up a nice 300-350 watt sparkle or antec PS...This should also be able to take you to most athlon xp and p4 setups if you wish to upgrade soon...

 

[bjc112]

that is pushiiiiiiiiiiiiin it.... may-b on a lower speed duron, and an MX... but your not gonna cut it...

Like duvie said, grab yourself i nice quality power supply... Antec, Sparkle, Enlights (aren't too shabby )

Let us know if it fixes the prob..