Will this old power supply run this?

[GremlinHater]

It's an old 125W.

Athlon Tbird 1.2
Iwill KK266-R
10gb Fujitsu HD
8x CD-ROM
ATI Rage 16mb

 

[Jgtdragon]

Hmmm..my first guess is no, but try it out. If it doesn't work, get a new Power supply.

 

[GremlinHater]

Arg, I was afraid of that, you sure? I'm thinking of upgrading my other computer and this old junkie one, but I can't afford a new PS if I upgrade.

 

[Carrot44]

It probably has an AT power connector instead of ATX so probably not.

 

[GremlinHater]

It supports 3.3v, that means it's ATX isn't it?

The above confige is like the only stuff I'm putting on it, maybe some speakers too, but other then that, that's all. Even if I can just "squeeze" by.

 

[Ionizer86]

I wouldn't; too risky. The T-bird itself should use around 60-70W.

 

[Eltano1]

You are better off buying a PS, I don't think that one will be able to run the AMD cpu. You can get a PS cheap at Accessmicro.com.

Best regards

Eltano

 

[Mavrick007]

Originally posted by: GremlinHater
It supports 3.3v, that means it's ATX isn't it?

The above confige is like the only stuff I'm putting on it, maybe some speakers too, but other then that, that's all. Even if I can just "squeeze" by.

If it has an atx connector on it or if it says ATX on it, then it's ATX, if not, then it's not. Chances are that a 125watt psu wouldn't run much at all anyway. How old is it? Even my old 386 had a 150watt psu. I wouldn't even try the 125watt psu cause it will not work correctly and will most likely crash if it even posts at all. This is an Athlon we're talking about, I wouldn't try anything less than a 300watt psu, but you could "probably" get by on a quality 250watt psu with 1 hard drive and 1 cdrom and only minimal case fans.

If you have to, get a cheap case with a psu like a 300-350watt psu for $50 or less, that would be your best bet if you can't afford a good quality psu.