400 watts enough? antel sl 400

[lucky]

Per my posting a few lines up, I need a new power supply.

P4 2.4/800
p4p800 deluxe
512mb/ 2700
3 hard drives
cd burner
2x/4x agp card
pci modem
floppy

Is the 400 enough for it? From what I've been reading it has 18V on the
+12 and I guess that is the most important thing so the cpu has juice.
One review I read said the 330 wasn't enough so I have no problem
upgrading to the 400 for 80 bucks at best buy when they open tomorrow at
8am

 

[David H. Lipman]

Yes.

Dave



| Per my posting a few lines up, I need a new power supply.
|
| P4 2.4/800
| p4p800 deluxe
| 512mb/ 2700
| 3 hard drives
| cd burner
| 2x/4x agp card
| pci modem
| floppy
|
| Is the 400 enough for it? From what I've been reading it has 18V on the
| +12 and I guess that is the most important thing so the cpu has juice.
| One review I read said the 330 wasn't enough so I have no problem
| upgrading to the 400 for 80 bucks at best buy when they open tomorrow at
| 8am
|

 

[callsignviper]

Per my posting a few lines up, I need a new power supply.

P4 2.4/800
p4p800 deluxe
512mb/ 2700
3 hard drives
cd burner
2x/4x agp card
pci modem
floppy

Is the 400 enough for it? From what I've been reading it has 18V on the
+12 and I guess that is the most important thing so the cpu has juice.
One review I read said the 330 wasn't enough so I have no problem
upgrading to the 400 for 80 bucks at best buy when they open tomorrow at
8am

I hope it has 18 Amps on the +12 vdc line and NOT what you said! ;-)


I just checked my Antec 400 Watt P/S and it is indeed 18 Amp capacity on the
12 vdc output.

For what you have in your system the Antec 400 watt should be fine.


BTW: The Antec 400 watt P/S is $60 plus $6 shipping at NewEgg and maybe no
tax as well. If you can wait a few days for it to arrive you might want to
consider getting it there. That Best(?) Buy price is MSRP and I have to
wonder what is *Best* about that price!


--
callsignviper


The truth is out there. You just have to look in the right places and ask
the right questions.

 

[Jeff Labute]

400 Watts should be enough... considering an average hard drive is like 8
Watts x 3 = 24 watts, your CPU is 70 watts,
your motherboard is about 20 watts, your CDROM drive is 8 watts, your add on
cards are a few watts... a quality 300 Watt supply would be good too.

Really depends on the quality of the power supply and how the load will
affect it... if the power supply can provide linear power or not over it's
rated current.

 

[Ken]

considering an average hard drive is like 8 Watts

Only when idle.