Poll: How big of a PSU do I need?

[RDMustang1]

Here is my basic setup:
4 IDE Hard Drives (may add 2 or 3 later on)
2 SCSI Hard Drives
SCSI CD-ROM
IDE CD-ROM
Jaz Drive
SCSI CDRW
Floppy Drive
P3-933mhz (will overclock soon once I get my new hs/fan)
5 PCI Cards

How big of a PSU do you think I should get? Thanks!

 

[TunaBoo]

with a p3? 350 should be plenty.

400 if you want some room.

 

[trungma]

Not so much the size but the quality. I would take a 350W Enermax or Sparkle power supply over any generic 400W without hesitation. 350W is fine but 400W would be playing it safe. Check my machine in my sig to see what I'm running on my 350W Enermax.

 

[Mem]

Looking at your hardware and taking into account future upgrades I would go with a 400w PSU or more.

 

[RDMustang1]

I bought the Enermax 350w today, but right after buying it I was wondering if the $25 extra for the 431w is worth it, and if I should cancel my order and resubmit a new one for the 400 (although I am a little tight on $)

 

[TunaBoo]

Depends, how many SCSI hard drives may you go to?

 

[Athlon4all]

Go 400W just to have some head room

 

[JesusCow]

damn, a 350w is enough to run 10 drives?? or is that only because the p3 takes up so little?? how much wattage does an IDE harddrive take up? scsi?

 

[TunaBoo]

<< damn, a 350w is enough to run 10 drives?? or is that only because the p3 takes up so little?? how much wattage does an IDE harddrive take up? scsi? >>



Dont know exact, but hard drives dont take up much at all. Maybe 5 wats.