Power supply inhibiting overclockability

[Miraluka]

Ermm...how big of a power supply would you recomment for a Duron? I'm able to get my Duron 800 to 1007 on a 125watt p/s. Too little?

My system is as follows...
MSi K7T Pro2-A
AMD Duron 800 running on 1.850 cpu voltage
Alpha PAL6035 with 26cfm Sunon fan connected to mobo.
Voodoo 3 2000
Smart and Friendly 8x CD-Rocket
generic 32x cd-rom
floppy drive
Panasonic PM-17 17inch CRT
oldass keyboard(loudy clicky kind)
Microsoft Wheelmouse
Linksys Etherfast 10/100 NIC
32mb pc100 sdram
128mb pc100 sdram
8.4 gig Maxtor ata 33
30 gig Seagate ata 100
*using onboard sound to conserve energy.

 

[Flat]

thats bs, you cant run that on 125 without serious stability problems, get a 333 watt Enermax model from Plycon.com

 

[Flat]

2 hard drrives! that thing is not even booting or you lieing

 

[PassatVR6]

heh, i didnt know they made PowerSupplies that weak?

Well im running an old Powerman 235Watt and it seems to be doing fine for me.

2 Hard Drives, CDRW, floppy, cpu fan, case fan, videocard fan, TnT2 Ultra, hmm I think thats what I got for now, oh yeah Tbird 850 @ 1gig...

 

[Vyle]

125 Watts??? On the AMD website, they do list some 145 watt power supplies being okay for Durons. I wrote to AMD and they wrote me back saying they'd recommend at least a 175 watt power supply for a Duron in a microATX system. There's no way you're running all of that on a 125 watt power supply. If you are, you have to be getting BSOD, reboots etc...

 

[Killrose]

What is your total Amperage output on your 5+ line. This is sometimes listed on the power supply. This is interesting.

 

[Miraluka]

I'm not 100% sure its a 125watt. Yep..it is. The sticker on the side of the p/s says that the total output is 125watts. I'm not looking to spend too much money.The p/s i have now is a Deer Computer Company p/s. Or thats what it says on the sticker. This p/s came with my atx midtower case.

How much would a good p/s cost me?
How many watts should i get. ?
What brand do you suggest?

AND ANSWER MY QUESTION. Will a more powerful p/s help in overclocking?

 

[Vyle]

A good power supply will cost around $50. Some less, some more. You should get a 300 watt power supply. Look for an Antec or an Enermax. Antec will probably be cheaper. And yes, a new power supply with definitely help with overclocking. It'll help in the general stability of your rig. I can't believe you're running all of that on a 125 watt power supply. That's wild!

But seriously, you haven't gotten a lot of blue screens or the puter suddenly rebooting or screen freezing? I mean, you're operating below AMD's bare mininum. Their bare minimum is 145 watts for a mATX computer.

 

[vexter]

I had a 250w had to up to a 300 cause of stabilty issues antec is a good cheap brand.

 

[Miraluka]

No blue screens for me.

What sites would sell an Enermax or Antec p/s for cheapest?

 

[Wiz]

This is what I got and where I got it. Shipping was faster than they promised too and they take paypal as well as other payment methods.
Electroseller

 

[Wiz]

Just to add a little, what I did was look at that PS but then decided to get it in a case for just a few dollars more. Getting that in the case cost like an extra $13.50 I believe and I had a 250 watt ps here already so I replaced my 250 with the 300 and put the 250 in the new case as I am just going to put my K6-2 450 in it and that's more than enough power for it.
Here is a link to the PS in a case:
Case w / 300W AMD approved PS