question about power supply

h2sammo

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Dec 12, 2000
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hello everybody

i am adding water cooling with a enheim pump and a 120 W peltier to my system and i would like to know what power supply you guys recommend.
when upgraed complete, my machine will have:

1.4 Ghz Athlon, 266 overclocked at ....who knows what....some crazy number i hope, :)
512 sdram
ge force 3 500
abit kt7 A
10 gig HD
water cooling parts, enheim pump, etc
peltier 120 W
Sound blaster sound card, i forget what it is exactly
CDRW and floppy

well i hope i didnt miss anything.
my question is how much power do i need for all that?
300 W, 350, 400 W?
should it be athlon certified, or recomended, etc?
pls give me a recomendation if you dont mind

"Lets get it on"
 

ErikS

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Oct 12, 1999
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I'd get the biggest you can afford, minimum 400+ for what you listed. Peltier's eat huge amounts of power combine that with the Bird & you'll need a serious power supply. If you get the biggest you can afford now you be set in the future if you need to add equipment etc.