power supply

[OR]

Hi there,
How do I find out what are the specifications of my ATX power supply? There
is nothing about that in the (MS-6330 ATX) manual. I am beginning to wonder
if it is adequate enough for all my periferals.

OR

 

[Bob I]

Of course there isn't, that manual is for the motherboard. Try googling
the model number of the power supply intstead.

 

[Paul]

Hi there,
How do I find out what are the specifications of my ATX power supply? There
is nothing about that in the (MS-6330 ATX) manual. I am beginning to wonder
if it is adequate enough for all my periferals.

OR

The rating of the power supply itself, would be printed on a
label which is pasted to the side of the supply. In some cases,
the label is on the side of the supply you cannot see. But most
of the time, it should be visible as soon as you take the side
cover off your PC. The label will list total power allowed,
and also show the maximum current which can be drawn from
each DC output voltage.

It is up to the system integrator (the person who built your
PC), to see that an adequate power supply is provided for the
intended purpose of the PC.

To work out the power requirement, a complete inventory of
the hardware in the computer is required. I sometimes work
them out for people, if the inventory is complete.

There are web sites, which have power calculator tools,
but I don't particularly like them. The worst of those
power estimation sites, used to predict a size of power
supply which was twice as big as was really necessary.
Such exaggeration is unnecessary.

These are examples of tools I don't like. The second one,
does not give an estimate of the 12V current on 12V1 and 12V2,
which is essential to selecting a supply (so the outervision.com
"free" tool is useless).

http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PSCalculator.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

The best site for estimates, used to be the takaman.jp
site. They had a spread sheet style, so you could see
the power consumption contribution of each piece of hardware.
But that site closed several years ago, and there aren't
estimates for newer pieces of hardware on there.

Paul

 

[Dragomir Kollaric]

Hi there,
How do I find out what are the specifications of my ATX power supply? There
is nothing about that in the (MS-6330 ATX) manual. I am beginning to wonder
if it is adequate enough for all my periferals.

Just to give you a rough hint:
My liquid-cooled AMD dual-core (3800+) *custom-build*
audio-processing PC:

AGP Graphic-card (256) no gamer...

one DVD
one CD-Rom
2 Hard-disk in the main-case,
4 Hard-disks in a secondary case

Power-Supply to drive all of them is about a 700W Unit.

I'm sure if you post your Hard-ware specs others could tell what
they use in their PC.

OR

Dragomir Kollaric

 

[David B.]

Just to add, power supply ratings are not standard, the cheaper mfg's will
rate their units at peak levels, not sustained, so a cheap supply may say
350 watts, but that is a peak rating, it can't sustain 350 watts for a
period of time, the quality units like Antec will be rated at 350 watts
sustained for a 350 watt supply.

 

[OldDuke]

Hi there,
How do I find out what are the specifications of my ATX power supply? There
is nothing about that in the (MS-6330 ATX) manual. I am beginning to wonder
if it is adequate enough for all my periferals.

OR

Why ask HERE? This has NOTHING to do with XP and as such is off topic
here.

Ask elsewhere

 

[w_tom]

Hi there,
How do I find out what are the specifications of my ATXpower supply? There
is nothing about that in the (MS-6330 ATX) manual. I am beginning to wonder
if it is adequate enough for all my periferals.

When selling a power supply that is missing essential functions,
then specifications are also missing. If missing essential functions,
the supply can even destroy other computer components - but sell for
less money at even high profit. A fact that should be known to anyone
with Windows XP hardware knowledge.

 

[M.I.5¾]

Why ask HERE? This has NOTHING to do with XP and as such is off topic
here.

Ask elsewhere

OldDuke is our 13 year old mentally ill ****wit.

Your hardware question is, of course, perfectly welcome in a *hardware*
newsgroup.

 

[Walter Wall]

Why ask HERE? This has NOTHING to do with XP and as such is off topic
here.

Ask elsewhere

BZZZZ: Repetition.

<Yawns>

 

[OldDuke]

OldDuke is our 13 year old mentally ill ****wit.

Nope. Off there by 30 years, and about 100 IQ points

Your hardware question is, of course, perfectly welcome in a *hardware*
newsgroup.

As long as it has something to do with XP, which this question did
not.

 

[M.I.5¾]

Nope. Off there by 30 years, and about 100 IQ points

You are a liar about your age. Your postings clearly show that. I never
mentioned your IQ, so how can I be "off ... by about 100 points". I just
said you are mentally ill, which is obvious from your obsession - and Walter
has spotted that as well, though he seems more qualified than I to make
judgement.

As long as it has something to do with XP, which this question did
not.

The question is welcome by everyone else as long as it is a hardware
question. As frequently pointed out, there is nowhere else suitable to post
such a question, at least nowhere where anyone is actually contributing.

Now I know you will *claim* there are many other places, but as you decline
to name them you are clearly a ****ing liar here as well.