what power supplies are you running ?

[rh71]

Antec 300Watt PSU and I run the following:

AMD Barton 2800+
Abit NF7-S v2.0 mobo (latest BIOS)
OCZ 512MB PC3200
Sapphire ATI 9800 Pro (latest catalyst drivers) - this is a bear, I hear.
2 HDDs
DVDRW
DVDRom

So what cha think ? I may have to get a new one... what's the minimum I should be at ?

 

[jhurst]

I would suggest at least 350-400W with a 9800pro....especially if you are overclocking..

Enermax 460 here....great PSU!

 

[McArra]

TT purepower buterfly 480W here. Really satisfied with it.

 

[thetman]

antec trueblue 480w, rma'd the first one cuz it had bad voltages, but this one works fine

 

[WobbleWobble]

Tell us your voltage rails and we'll tell you if you're underpowered or not.

 

[rh71]

the machine is off right now since it's shutdown on me 4 times today...

I do know that the -12V rail was constantly out of range (-13.00 max and the value was always -13.27). THOUGH, I heard the -12V was no longer used on newer boards... is this true ? I just disabled the alarm. Everything else was in range according to ABIT EQ.

 

[saxophonoia]

right now i'm using an antec trupower 430w that works well but I think i'm going to upgrade soon to around 530w or so......i'll probably stay with Antec

 

[Soulkeeper]

antec 550 truecontroll

gotta keep those rails strong

 

[jagec]

Antec 350 (or is it 380? never can remember) with mobile 2400+ @ 3200+, 1GB RAM, 9800pro, raptor, HDD, CDRW, 4 fans.

 

[Corporate Thug]

380 W antec truepower

 

[Falloutboy]

antec tru430

 

[Fern]

See my sig for PSU

Here's a psu calculator. Type in what u got, and it'll tell what u need PSU Calculator

 

[Big Lar]

I run a PCPower and Cooling 840 Redundant. I likes my power

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Fern
See my sig for PSU

Here's a psu calculator. Type in what u got, and it'll tell what u need PSU Calculator

You rock.. that's a great link.

It says I should have at least 355. OOOPS

Just ordered the Thermaltake 420Watt for $39. (can't afford much right now) Thanks for the recommendations.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: McArra
TT purepower buterfly 480W here. Really satisfied with it.

That's what i was gonna buy went i went to get mine, but they didn't have stock of it, so i went the the TT Silent PurePower 480W

 

[MegaWorks]

Antec TrueBlue 480W

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AMD Athlon XP T-Bred B DLT3C 1700+ @ 2.3GHZ (1.775v) 400FSB = 3200+
Abit NF7-S V.2 (nForce2-U400)
Corsair TwinX XMS 3200LL 512MB @ 2-3-2-6 (2.6v)
Sapphire Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB
Antec TrueBlue 480W
Thermalright SLK-947U with 92mm Vantec Tornado @2800RPM
Antec PlusView 1000AMG
Cambridge SoundWorks MegaWorks THX 550 5.1

 

[MichaelZ]

Globalwin Sapphire 520W. Upgraded recently, previously powered by Enermax Noisetaker 470W.

 

[yourdeardaniel]

currently Antec True Power 480w. gonna upgrade to Enermax 550w and sell this one.

 

[pelikan]

Fortron 350W. Solid.

 

[Algere]

Raidmax 430 Watt PSU powering rig in sig.

 

[Soulkeeper]

that link recommends i use a 444 watt psu (seems a little high on the hard drives and not enough on the cpu/mem)
of course we both know that overclocked components use a good amount more juice too

good link listed above btw

 

[Sylvanas]

antec true 480W here

 

[Jester666]

antec true 380

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Big Lar
I run a PCPower and Cooling 840 Redundant. I likes my power

holy crap....I guess you do....sounds like a really big file server to me?

 

[Megatomic]

Antec True380. It's pretty sweet, very quiet with excellent rail voltages.