300w or 400w psu required?

[Kenchie]

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

 

[John Smith]

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]

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.

 

[John Smith]

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.

 

[Sascha Hauke]

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

 

[Disc]

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