how much power do I need?

[Vadim]

I am replacing my case (4 years old enligh), and I am thinking about
Antec SONATA
(http://www.antec-inc.com/pro_details_enclosure.php?ProdID=15138) Which
have all spects I need, but it has only 380Watt power supply. I am not
sure it is enogh.

My system is (currently+what I am getting during case upgrade):

AMD Athlon Xp 2400+
512 DDR SDRAM
nVidia nForce2-ST motherboard (Asus A7N8X Deluxe)
GeForce FX V9520 Series series card (Asus FX5200)
4 hard drives (2 SATA RAID, 1 ATA/133, 1 ATA/66)
3 optical drives (CD-ROM, CR-RW, DVD+-RW)
FireWire
3 USB devises

would 380 Watt power supply be enogh for me? I really like the fact
that Sonata is low noise.

Thanks,

 

[PlucknGro]

woah. why 4 hard drives?

 

[Vadim]

woah. why 4 hard drives?

1 for backup, 1 for Linux dual boot. These are old HD so no reason not
to use them.

 

[Vadim]

here is summary from antec reply, which I found very usefull:

Component Requirement Line(s) Used
AGP Video Card 30 – 50W +3.3V
Average PCI Card 5 – 10W +5V
10/100 NIC 4W +3.3V
SCSI PCI Card 20W +3.3V and +5V
Floppy Drive 5W +5V
CD-ROM 10 – 25W +5V and +12V
DVD-ROM 10 – 25W +5V and +12V
CD-RW 10 – 25W +5V and +12V
7200rpm IDE Hard Drive 5 – 20W +5V and +12V
10,000rpm SCSI Drive 10 – 40W +5V and +12V
Case/CPU Fans 3W (ea.) +12V
Motherboard 25 – 40W +3.3V and +5V
RAM 8W per 128MB +3.3V
Pentium III Processor 38W +5V
Pentium 4 Processor 70W +12V
AMD Athlon Processor 70W +12V

 

[Conor]

I am replacing my case (4 years old enligh), and I am thinking about
Antec SONATA
(http://www.antec-inc.com/pro_details_enclosure.php?ProdID=15138) Which
have all spects I need, but it has only 380Watt power supply. I am not
sure it is enogh.

My system is (currently+what I am getting during case upgrade):

AMD Athlon Xp 2400+
512 DDR SDRAM
nVidia nForce2-ST motherboard (Asus A7N8X Deluxe)
GeForce FX V9520 Series series card (Asus FX5200)
4 hard drives (2 SATA RAID, 1 ATA/133, 1 ATA/66)
3 optical drives (CD-ROM, CR-RW, DVD+-RW)
FireWire
3 USB devises

would 380 Watt power supply be enogh for me? I really like the fact
that Sonata is low noise.

Should be OK. You'll find one of the drives won't work if you're
getting close to the limit.


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