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300w or 400w psu required?

 
 
Kenchie
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      24th Jun 2003
I'm thinking of building a PC along the following lines;

Lian-Li PC-6070 case
Asus P4C800 Deluxe mobo
Pentium 4 2.8mhz 800fsb
Gigabyte Maya II Radeon 9700 pro
Barracuda 7200.7 120GB SATA150
Sony 52x CD/RW
Poss additional IDE HDD

Will I need a 400w psu or is 300w ok?

TIA

Kenchie
 
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John Smith
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      24th Jun 2003
400W. I have a Antec Truepower 380W and that is fine. Many people have tried
a 300W with the P4C800 and it has failed to POST until they put in a big
PSU.


"Kenchie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm thinking of building a PC along the following lines;
>
> Lian-Li PC-6070 case
> Asus P4C800 Deluxe mobo
> Pentium 4 2.8mhz 800fsb
> Gigabyte Maya II Radeon 9700 pro
> Barracuda 7200.7 120GB SATA150
> Sony 52x CD/RW
> Poss additional IDE HDD
>
> Will I need a 400w psu or is 300w ok?
>
> TIA
>
> Kenchie



 
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Kenchie
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      24th Jun 2003
I put it to you, Dirk Puslich, that on 24 Jun 2003 13:43:02 -0700 you
did state the following:
> 300W should be okay if it is a top quality PS (like Antec). I'd
> recommend something higher though. Go for an Antec SmartBlue 350
> watter or a TrueBlue 480 watt, you also get some blue LED bling-bling
> with the power supply to help pimp up your Lian Li case. May want to
> get a Radeon 9800 pro for a little extra juice too. also you didn't
> mention RAM. Go for a minium of 512MB of PC3200 or 1GB to be safe,
> and don't chince on the RAM - go for Kingston, Corsair or another good
> brand.
>


I want it to be quiet, so I'll probably go for a Zalman (if I can find a
UK stockist!) or QuietPC PSU. I'm going for 512mb ram to start with, can
always upgrade to 1gb later. Thanks for the assistance.

Kenchie.
 
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John Smith
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      24th Jun 2003
I've heard some good reviews about the Zalman PSUs being super quiet. You
could try www.quietpc.com or you could try www.theoverclockingstore.co.uk or
www.overclockers.co.uk

J.


"Kenchie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I put it to you, Dirk Puslich, that on 24 Jun 2003 13:43:02 -0700 you
> did state the following:
> > 300W should be okay if it is a top quality PS (like Antec). I'd
> > recommend something higher though. Go for an Antec SmartBlue 350
> > watter or a TrueBlue 480 watt, you also get some blue LED bling-bling
> > with the power supply to help pimp up your Lian Li case. May want to
> > get a Radeon 9800 pro for a little extra juice too. also you didn't
> > mention RAM. Go for a minium of 512MB of PC3200 or 1GB to be safe,
> > and don't chince on the RAM - go for Kingston, Corsair or another good
> > brand.
> >

>
> I want it to be quiet, so I'll probably go for a Zalman (if I can find a
> UK stockist!) or QuietPC PSU. I'm going for 512mb ram to start with, can
> always upgrade to 1gb later. Thanks for the assistance.
>
> Kenchie.



 
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Sascha Hauke
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      25th Jun 2003
On 24.06.2003 22:58, Kenchie wrote:
> I want it to be quiet, so I'll probably go for a Zalman (if I can find a
> UK stockist!) or QuietPC PSU. I'm going for 512mb ram to start with, can
> always upgrade to 1gb later. Thanks for the assistance.


I am running a 380Watt Antec True Power in my Lian-Li 6089, and I am
very satisfied with it. It's quiet, stable, and has all the plugs I'd
ever want
Actually, the loudest component is the air bubbles popping in the
Lian-Li fish tank )

Cheers

Sascha




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Disc
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      27th Jun 2003
Why hold back all of a sudden?

Disc


 
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