Power Supply Risk?

[Oyeve]

Am I risking fire or malfunction running all this of of one PS?


Heres what's on my PS:

A-open Full Tower with an A-open 300w PS

1 DVD-IDE drive
1 CD-rom Drive
1 CDRW drive (running off a SCSI card)
1 3 1/2 diskette drive
1 adaptec 2940UW2 card (for said CDRW drive)
1 adaptec 29160N U160 scsi
1 35/70 DLT drive installed internally
1 Radeon DDR
1 3com 10/100 nic
1 SB Live platinum 5.1
1 Live Drive
1 Antec Slot fan
3 80mm case fans
1 internal 20 gig Barrauda3 ata/100 HD
7 (heres the killer) U160 36 gig LVD scsi HDs connected to an external SCA cage that is powered from the leads off the power supply.



All of this actually works and I have not seen any problems, yet. Am I pushing it? Of the dozens and dozens of PCs I have had over the years, only one PS has blow up, literally, on me. I have had this particular case and PS for around 1 1/2 years now. Would a 400w or higher reduce any risks? LMK.

 

[Haribo]

AOpen makes VERY good PSU's, you just have to live with that 😉

 

[majewski9]

Id get a 460w. The problem is that when a couple drives try to operate you will lock your system everytime.

 

[Oyeve]

My system hasnt locked yet. Other than being extremely noisy it runs great. Im concerned with overload. I was considering adding another PS in the case and connect the excess devices to that but am concerned with Underload.