Power supply Recommendation

[Wad]

Hi Yall,

Here is the system I am assembling:


Athlon 64 3000
Abit KV8 Pro
Samsung 512 MB PC 3200
WD 1600JD(160G/7200/8M/SATA)
Lite-on DVD-R/RW SOHW-812S
Gigabyte 9600XT
LG FLATRON L1720P
Either Antec 420w or 480w True Blue


Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w?


Wad

 

[Wes Newell]

Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w?

My old 400W wouldn't run my A64 3000+ system. Works fine on my older XP
system. I tried 500W, 550W, and 600W cheap ones ($12-$24) and they all
worked stable.

 

[Derek Baker]

Hi Yall,

Here is the system I am assembling:


Athlon 64 3000
Abit KV8 Pro
Samsung 512 MB PC 3200
WD 1600JD(160G/7200/8M/SATA)
Lite-on DVD-R/RW SOHW-812S
Gigabyte 9600XT
LG FLATRON L1720P
Either Antec 420w or 480w True Blue


Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w?


Wad

Maybe not, but you can never have too much power. Is there that much of a
price difference between the 430 and 480?

 

[Andreas Kaiser]

My old 400W wouldn't run my A64 3000+ system. Works fine on my older XP
system. I tried 500W, 550W, and 600W cheap ones ($12-$24) and they all
worked stable.

There's more that simple Watt numbers. I'm using a very solid
Dual-Opteron Workstation having just a 400W power supply.

Gruss, Andreas

 

[Ed]

Hi Yall,

Here is the system I am assembling:


Athlon 64 3000
Abit KV8 Pro
Samsung 512 MB PC 3200
WD 1600JD(160G/7200/8M/SATA)
Lite-on DVD-R/RW SOHW-812S
Gigabyte 9600XT
LG FLATRON L1720P
Either Antec 420w or 480w True Blue


Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w?


Wad

No need for the 480W I'd go for the 420 unless the 480 was only $2 more.
;p

FWIW, I built this for a friend about 4 months ago, it's been running
rock solid since day one.

Antec Sonata case w/380W
Athlon 64 3000+
AMD64 HS/fan (only 21db) $7 @ newegg
MSI Neo (754)
1GB Mushkin 2x512 PC3500
2 - WD 160GB (SATA) drives
8x DVD-RW
52X CDRW
ATI 9800 Pro 128M
AUDIGY 2Z
etc,etc......

hth,
Ed

 

[Wes Newell]

There's more that simple Watt numbers.

Not really, except on which rails the wattage is provided.

I'm using a very solid Dual-Opteron Workstation having just a 400W power
supply.

And it's obviously a good one for your MB with enough wattage on each rail
for it to function properly. I have seen even larger PSU's that don't
provide enough wattage on the +12v rail that might have problems though.

 

[Jason Cothran]

| On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 20:42:18 +0200, Andreas Kaiser wrote:
|
| > On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 07:50:25 GMT, Wes Newell
| >
| >>> Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w?
| >>
| >>My old 400W wouldn't run my A64 3000+ system. Works fine on my older XP
| >>system. I tried 500W, 550W, and 600W cheap ones ($12-$24) and they all
| >>worked stable.
| >
| > There's more that simple Watt numbers.
|
| Not really, except on which rails the wattage is provided.
|
| > I'm using a very solid Dual-Opteron Workstation having just a 400W power
| > supply.
| >
| And it's obviously a good one for your MB with enough wattage on each rail
| for it to function properly. I have seen even larger PSU's that don't
| provide enough wattage on the +12v rail that might have problems though.
|

I'm running a 350w on a A64 with no problems. 2 optical drives, 2 SATA
drives, 9800 pro, yadda yadda yadda.

 

[Stephen Tomaszewski]

The setup that I have is Rock stable but cannot get floppy controller to
work, think I may have to send board in on a RMA since I have tried
different cables, floppys, just built this rig last week and it handles all
the games and applications like a champ.Very stable and overclocked pretty
well....
Steve T
Gigabyte K8NS-Pro
AMD 64 3000+ @ 2.2 = 3200+ w/stock cooling
Mushkin Green PC3200 512 Meg X 2= 1Gig
Antec Sonata 380 Watt PS
2X Maxtor 40 Gig PATA 133
Emprex 4X DVD RW CDRW
Radeon 9800 Pro 128 Meg

 

[RonK]

Make sure the floppy is detected in the bios settings, Does the floppy
light stay on all the time ?

 

[Cuzman]

" Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w? "


You should be OK with the Antec True-Blue 420W, but you may also have to
measure the choice with upgrading in mind.

Without changing the motherboard, you could upgrade to an Athlon64 3700+, 2x
1GB DDR RAM, and a much more powerful graphics card, perhaps one that hasn't
yet been released. You will probably need more than 420W with a setup like
that, so you'll then need to buy a more-powerful PSU.

Will it cost you more in the long-run if you only buy a 420W now? Perhaps
so.

 

[Derek Baker]

" Which PSU would you recommend? Do I really need 480w? "


You should be OK with the Antec True-Blue 420W, but you may also have
to measure the choice with upgrading in mind.

Without changing the motherboard, you could upgrade to an Athlon64
3700+, 2x 1GB DDR RAM, and a much more powerful graphics card,
perhaps one that hasn't yet been released. You will probably need
more than 420W with a setup like that, so you'll then need to buy a
more-powerful PSU.

Will it cost you more in the long-run if you only buy a 420W now?
Perhaps so.

I was considering the True Power 480, but today went for the 550. It was
only ?10 more.

 

[DukeN]

<< Running an Antec Smartpower 350W - A64 3200 (no OC), 1Gig, one SATA drive,
two ROM drives, one floppy and radeon 9800pro. Seems rock solid.