you think 250w is enough for this?

[Colt45]

I know I'm pushing it, but here's the specs.

ECS K7S5A
Athlon 800
Maxtor 13gb
Onboard NIC
Onboard Sound
2x 128mb PNY SDRAM
Nvidia TNT 16mb

I'm going to attempt to run this on a 250w Deer PSu for the time being.
will it be good enough??? I won't be overclocking.

thanks

 

[human2k]

In that scenario it really depends how often you have gone to church and prayed. THe K7S5A is extremely picky on the PSU, alot of friends I know have problem getting to run on CERTIFIED 300w PSU's, you gonna need at least a GOOD 350W+ PSU, newegg.com has these for $35+. BUt if I were you I would just get a board that will work on most PSU's like an Epox or an MSI.

 

[Ionizer86]

It should work fine. I had a T-bird 1.0 on MSI K7T Turbo-L with a 250W PSU, and it was fine.

 

[Lord Evermore]

Look for articles online (I know Tom's Hardware had one) about PSU's. One, I don't think it was Tom's, gave the actual ratings you should look for on each power rail in order to assure good operation. As long as the PSU meets those specs, then it doesn't matter whether it's a low wattage or necessarily is a bad thing that it's a cheapo.

 

[human2k]

<< It should work fine. I had a T-bird 1.0 on MSI K7T Turbo-L with a 250W PSU, and it was fine. >>




hahahha, are you gonna listen to this guy or someone who actually has expierence with it? SEARCH THE FORUMS, THIS THING IS PICKY ON THE PSU THATS WHY IT'S SO CHEAP! Plus some of em have random reboot probs, ditch that board and get a KT266a board, its only alil more.

 

[Lord Evermore]

Colt's very short on money. The K7S5A isn't THAT picky in my experience (built 3 systems with it). I would also venture to say that by now they've fixed most of the problems in newer revision boards. There hasn't been much discussion of this board lately since it's no longer the newest and fastest.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

I'm using a 350W PS with my K7S5A with no problems. I have heard horror stories of people using a k7s5a with el-cheapo power supplies. For any Athlon a 300W PS is a good idea, and with the K7S5A I don't like your chances with a 250W PS.

Check out this forum, it might help you some

OC workbench ECS forum

-Ice

 

[Ausm]

it should work but dude...ditch that mobo it is a real P.O.S


Ausm

 

[Muerto]

That should be fine. My Athlon 800 ran fine on a 250W PSU. But you might want to re-think the mobo, it's a piece.

 

[Lord Evermore]

<< ditch that mobo it is a real P.O.S >>




<< re-think the mobo, it's a piece >>



Funny, the one I'm working on right this second is running great, and the one my roommate and his brother use run great too, quite good performers (given the time they were introduced, obviously newer boards are faster) and they're all even earlier revisions than current.

 

[AppleTalking]

I wouldn't recommend using anything less than a 300W power supply (or at least a REALLY GOOD 250W) for an Athlon processor. You can try it on the 250W, but if that doesn't work then you should shop around newegg.com for a better 300/350W model.

Nick

 

[BubbleHead]

I have a Sparkle 250W PSU powering a:
ECS K7S5A
T-Bird 1400MHz
GeForce 2 GTS
2 X IDE Hard Drives
2 X IDE Optical Drives

No problems whatsoever. In fact, I have this rig doing SETI@Home almost 24/7.