Is it possible to use a 200watt power supply with an AMD duron motherboard setup?

[watdahel]

Is it possible to use a 200watt power supply with an AMD duron motherboard setup?

 

[Ben]

I doubt it.

 

[Budman]

maybe a 650Duron with 1 hd,1floppy,1cdr . that's it.

 

[Bovinicus]

A P3 or Celeron might be a better bet. I believe their power requirements are lower than AMD's competing chips. Also, you will have to use a low power video card.

 

[optimistic]

I'm running 1ghz Athlon TB on a 200w PSU

But's its on a micro ATX motherboard. That Duron gotta be on a micro ATX board to work on a 200w PSU.
I plan to upgrade my 1ghz to XP 1600+

I'm using an SFX 200w PSU DR-A200SFX (AMD approved up to XP 1700+)


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[Jhhnn]

It depends on what 200w psu you're talking about. Some of the SFX supplies used in MATX systems are rated for AMD processors. Their 3.3v and 5v outputs are relatively strong, and the 12v is low.

Even these are intended for basic systems- HDD, Floppy, CDROM, processor fan and case fan- that's all.

Check the link above, if the psu is there then it definitely will work, just don't go for serious overclocking or a lot of peripherals.....

 

[AA0]

A 300W PSU is $10-15, don't limit yourself and cause problems. Ifs its an old PSU, then don't even bother.

 

[LostHiWay]

I tested out my ECS K75SA and Duron 950 with a 200watt powersupply since I'm waiting for a 300watt I ordered. All I had connected was Hard Drive and Video Card. It booted fine though. I wasn't expecting it to since the 200watt PSU is from an old gateway.

 

[rondeemc]

I have three 750's running with 150 watt units (FK and Inwin) using the MSI mATX board. No problems after about 7 months. One has a burner in addition to the cd-rom. All are single HD units and use the on-board video.

 

[Jhhnn]

Dunno about that price tag, AAO- far as I'm concerned, any 300w PSU worth owning is at least $40- $35 when you're lucky....

YMMV, of course, but cheap psu's often lead to grief down the road....

 

[tapir]

The enhance Electronics 350W PSU is at newegg for $35, and it has 220W combined 3.3V/5V.. that's as much as an $80 431W Enermax. (I have one, it works very nicely)

 

[Jhhnn]

Enhance makes decent stuff, IMHO. No argument there. So $35+$10 shipping=$45. Even their 300w or Sparkle 300w will run $29+$10 shipping=$39, and you likely won't find any locally at that price....

Like I said, $35 out of pocket if you're lucky....

 

[yodayoda]

codegens are 300W and are AMD approved. there was a site called openlinx.net that had them for $19 if i remember. i've gone through half a dozen and they have all worked admirablely.

 

[AA0]

I've used generic psu's in every system I've ever built, never any problems. PSUs are over rated in these forums, and are not the cause of problems everyone thinks they are. There is a difference between bad and generic though.

 

[watdahel]

Shouldn't a ps that's approved for p4 be good enough for an amd?

 

[jfunk]

<< I've used generic psu's in every system I've ever built, never any problems. PSUs are over rated in these forums, and are not the cause of problems everyone thinks they are. There is a difference between bad and generic though >>



I think that is the key here. There are plenty of non-AMD approved PS' that are good, but you gotta check them out to know. The reason people make such a big deal about it is because many people don't even realize that the PS CAN cause problems, and they can be very difficult to diagnose when you do have them. You're much better off spending a little bit more time or money (depending on if you just wanna purchase a name-brand approved one or research which cheap ones are good). than pulling your hair out after RMA'ing half the parts in your system to find out you got bit on the arse by buying a POS PS.


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