- Apr 19, 2001
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Howdy,
I have a Supermicro SC-750A full size tower case I bought about 2 years ago. I'm planning on a massive upgrade of my old 433 Celery to a new Athlon 1.4GHz, along with upgrades to almost everything else as well.
The case has a 300W power supply, but I don't know if it's AMD approved or will be adaequate for the task ahead. It does fine in my current system, with 3 old SCSI hard disks, 2 SCSI CD-ROMS, and 6 case fans. The old SCSI hard disks will be replaced with a big new disk, but with the added load to the ps of the AMD CPU, and a GF3 card I'm wondering if I need to upgrade the power supply.
How hard is it to upgrade the ps in this case? (The last time I looked at a case's power supply it was years ago, and the ps was irreplacably bolted to the case.) What's a reasonable amount to spend on a new ps? Would it be worth shooting for a 400W supply instead?
Thanks!
I have a Supermicro SC-750A full size tower case I bought about 2 years ago. I'm planning on a massive upgrade of my old 433 Celery to a new Athlon 1.4GHz, along with upgrades to almost everything else as well.
The case has a 300W power supply, but I don't know if it's AMD approved or will be adaequate for the task ahead. It does fine in my current system, with 3 old SCSI hard disks, 2 SCSI CD-ROMS, and 6 case fans. The old SCSI hard disks will be replaced with a big new disk, but with the added load to the ps of the AMD CPU, and a GF3 card I'm wondering if I need to upgrade the power supply.
How hard is it to upgrade the ps in this case? (The last time I looked at a case's power supply it was years ago, and the ps was irreplacably bolted to the case.) What's a reasonable amount to spend on a new ps? Would it be worth shooting for a 400W supply instead?
Thanks!