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Is a 200w PSU useable in a modern system, if it was only running a single optical drive and a single hard disk, no extra fans or lights etc?
Define "modern system" ?Originally posted by Merlin
Is a 200w PSU useable in a modern system, if it was only running a single optical drive and a single hard disk, no extra fans or lights etc?
And the answer is probably going to be no - not becauase 200w isnt enough, but i doubt the lines will be stable enough.
Where did you get a 200watt ATX PSU from anyway ? - a really old one by any chance ?
Originally Posted by Saracen
I would say any Thunderbird/P3 range of machine needs 300w minimum. So 200w is only usuable for somethign below that probably the P2/K6 range of machines and below.
I ran a 1.2 Ghz T-Bird, 512 Pc-133, 1 HDD, 1 CD-Rom, 16mb Voodoo3, on a 200W, not for a large amount of time, only a couple of days, whilst i was building my new system. It was a sparkle PSU, not a bad make if I remember correcty, and worked fine.
So, maybe, even though most like to say 300W minimum
Desktop: AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton, 1024Mb PC-3200 TwinMOS w/Winbond, MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR, Radeon 9800SE AIW, 40 GB 7,200 Rpm Hitachi Deskstar, 120GB 7,200 Rpm 8mb Cache Maxtor Diamond 9, 160GB 7200 Rpm 8mb Cache Seagate 7200.7 SATA, Plextor 708A 8x DVD-RW, 550W PFC Q-tec PSU, Casetek 1019SM Silver Case, Camdridge Soundworks DTT2200 Speakers
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With budget 300 watters available for about £6/£7inc VAT...you have to ask why though...
just wondering whether to chuck it out or not, really! its sitting in the garage not doing anything.
For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands.
Keep it then, as mentioned if you ever set up a small system you might need it!!!.
ok, i will. Thanks for all your advice.
For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands.
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