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From: RJK on 14 Jul 2007 05:08 PSU wattage ??? Have trawled through site after site, tried several different "wattage calculators" that give wildly different figures, seemingly because they want you to click on a "buy a psu here" link !! Anyhooo! ...can someone give me a more accurate idea for watts, for ordinary desktop midi-tower innards as follows. (I know that if one goes too "cheap" one could end up with a 250watt psu badged as a 500watt etc. so I'll probably buy and ANTEC.), ....and I most likely will want to add an IDE pci card and another IDE hd, at a later date. ATX Conroe865PE motherboard with Realtek LAN and sound on it. Pentium D925 (2x3ghz - 2x2mb L2 cache) 3 sticks of DDR400 Nvidia 6200 AGP card pci - Creative SB Audigy 2 pci - Intel K56 flex. data/fax/voice modem, (I think that's still in there!) 2 x 7200 IDE hd's 1 x floppy drive 4 x 80mm fans 1 x dvd r/w drive 1 x cd r/w drive Occasionally, I plug in my old Canoscan N650OU scanner (UBS powered), ....and of course, some extra capacity but, not too much !!! TIA, regards, Richard "RJK" <notatospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23cx53IZxHHA.4736(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi, I'm really out of date with hardware ! > > I'm about to cobble together an 865PE motherboard with a Pentium D925 on > it, > ...motherboard has a AGP slot so that I can use my old graphics card, > ....Antec PSU I've been ogling has a 6 pin pci-e supply, does that just > dangle unused (alright then "gets tied up":-) > http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=04644 > In other words, will PSU be okay if that 6 pin power supply is unused, > just like one can tie-up the 4 pin cpu power supply if not used on older > boards/cpu's that don't need it 4pin power. > > regards, Richard
From: David Vair on 14 Jul 2007 10:14 I am using a BFG 550 ( http://www.bfgtech.com/ ). I have 4 hard drives, DVD-ROM,DVD-RW, Nvidia 7800 AGP. PCI- Modem, IDE Card, USB2 card, Audigy 2 with front panel box. Memory is 4 sticks of Rambus PC800. 4 fans also. Have no power issues at all. There are plenty of connectors and its quiet. -- Dave Vair CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+ "RJK" <notatospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:efVR7ZfxHHA.4352(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > PSU wattage ??? > Have trawled through site after site, tried several different "wattage calculators" that give > wildly different figures, seemingly because they want you to click on a "buy a psu here" link !! > > Anyhooo! ...can someone give me a more accurate idea for watts, for ordinary desktop midi-tower > innards as follows. (I know that if one goes too "cheap" one could end up with a 250watt psu > badged as a 500watt etc. so I'll probably buy and ANTEC.), > ...and I most likely will want to add an IDE pci card and another IDE hd, at a later date. > > ATX Conroe865PE motherboard with Realtek LAN and sound on it. > Pentium D925 (2x3ghz - 2x2mb L2 cache) > 3 sticks of DDR400 > Nvidia 6200 AGP card > pci - Creative SB Audigy 2 > pci - Intel K56 flex. data/fax/voice modem, (I think that's still in there!) > 2 x 7200 IDE hd's > 1 x floppy drive > 4 x 80mm fans > 1 x dvd r/w drive > 1 x cd r/w drive > Occasionally, I plug in my old Canoscan N650OU scanner (UBS powered), > > ...and of course, some extra capacity but, not too much !!! > > TIA, regards, > > Richard > > > "RJK" <notatospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23cx53IZxHHA.4736(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Hi, I'm really out of date with hardware ! >> >> I'm about to cobble together an 865PE motherboard with a Pentium D925 on it, >> ...motherboard has a AGP slot so that I can use my old graphics card, >> ....Antec PSU I've been ogling has a 6 pin pci-e supply, does that just dangle unused (alright >> then "gets tied up":-) >> http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=04644 >> In other words, will PSU be okay if that 6 pin power supply is unused, just like one can tie-up >> the 4 pin cpu power supply if not used on older boards/cpu's that don't need it 4pin power. >> >> regards, Richard >
From: Anna on 14 Jul 2007 10:28 Richard: Don't get too caught up in this wattage business. You've got a relatively modest system (even if & when you'll need "extra capacity") so I would think a 400W+ PSU from one of the usually reliable sources, e.g., Antec, Enermax, Fortron, Seasonic, etc., should serve you well. Your cost should be well under $100. Why don't you simply access Newegg's site and see their offerings together with user comments? And there are a slew of websites that devote themselves entirely or partly to reporting & testing power supplies. BTW, you don't mention your current PSU. Is there some problem with your current unit or you have some suspicion that it's not functioning properly? Anna "RJK" <notatospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:efVR7ZfxHHA.4352(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > PSU wattage ??? > Have trawled through site after site, tried several different "wattage > calculators" that give wildly different figures, seemingly because they > want you to click on a "buy a psu here" link !! > > Anyhooo! ...can someone give me a more accurate idea for watts, for > ordinary desktop midi-tower innards as follows. (I know that if one goes > too "cheap" one could end up with a 250watt psu badged as a 500watt etc. > so I'll probably buy and ANTEC.), > ...and I most likely will want to add an IDE pci card and another IDE hd, > at a later date. > > ATX Conroe865PE motherboard with Realtek LAN and sound on it. > Pentium D925 (2x3ghz - 2x2mb L2 cache) > 3 sticks of DDR400 > Nvidia 6200 AGP card > pci - Creative SB Audigy 2 > pci - Intel K56 flex. data/fax/voice modem, (I think that's still in > there!) > 2 x 7200 IDE hd's > 1 x floppy drive > 4 x 80mm fans > 1 x dvd r/w drive > 1 x cd r/w drive > Occasionally, I plug in my old Canoscan N650OU scanner (UBS powered), > > ...and of course, some extra capacity but, not too much !!! > > TIA, regards, > > Richard > > > "RJK" <notatospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:%23cx53IZxHHA.4736(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Hi, I'm really out of date with hardware ! >> >> I'm about to cobble together an 865PE motherboard with a Pentium D925 on >> it, >> ...motherboard has a AGP slot so that I can use my old graphics card, >> ....Antec PSU I've been ogling has a 6 pin pci-e supply, does that just >> dangle unused (alright then "gets tied up":-) >> http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=04644 >> In other words, will PSU be okay if that 6 pin power supply is unused, >> just like one can tie-up the 4 pin cpu power supply if not used on older >> boards/cpu's that don't need it 4pin power. >> >> regards, Richard >
From: RJK on 14 Jul 2007 17:18 Thanks David, much obliged :-) regards, Richard "David Vair" <dvair(a)nycap.rr.com> wrote in message news:uBpFIFixHHA.4928(a)TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >I am using a BFG 550 ( http://www.bfgtech.com/ ). > I have 4 hard drives, DVD-ROM,DVD-RW, Nvidia 7800 AGP. > PCI- Modem, IDE Card, USB2 card, Audigy 2 with front panel box. > Memory is 4 sticks of Rambus PC800. > 4 fans also. > Have no power issues at all. There are plenty of connectors and its quiet. > -- > Dave Vair > CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+ > > "RJK" <notatospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:efVR7ZfxHHA.4352(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> PSU wattage ??? >> Have trawled through site after site, tried several different "wattage >> calculators" that give wildly different figures, seemingly because they >> want you to click on a "buy a psu here" link !! >> >> Anyhooo! ...can someone give me a more accurate idea for watts, for >> ordinary desktop midi-tower innards as follows. (I know that if one goes >> too "cheap" one could end up with a 250watt psu badged as a 500watt etc. >> so I'll probably buy and ANTEC.), >> ...and I most likely will want to add an IDE pci card and another IDE hd, >> at a later date. >> >> ATX Conroe865PE motherboard with Realtek LAN and sound on it. >> Pentium D925 (2x3ghz - 2x2mb L2 cache) >> 3 sticks of DDR400 >> Nvidia 6200 AGP card >> pci - Creative SB Audigy 2 >> pci - Intel K56 flex. data/fax/voice modem, (I think that's still in >> there!) >> 2 x 7200 IDE hd's >> 1 x floppy drive >> 4 x 80mm fans >> 1 x dvd r/w drive >> 1 x cd r/w drive >> Occasionally, I plug in my old Canoscan N650OU scanner (UBS powered), >> >> ...and of course, some extra capacity but, not too much !!! >> >> TIA, regards, >> >> Richard
From: RJK on 14 Jul 2007 17:46
Thanks Anna, No problems atm, ..am planning on cobbling together new, (out of "older generation / cheaper" parts - already ordered cpu & mobo - might try and make use of Dads' previous midi/ATX PC case - no 12v 4pin on its' psu though), PC at my leisure, then eeeeeeveeeeeeeentually move over to it. ....My old faithful under the bench is a 6+ years, and more, old Lian-Li case with a cheap Q-TEC 550watt <lol> / Socket A PCchips M848A(lr?)/XP2600 Barton/768mb pc2700 166mhz/DDR333/ 2x80gb 6Y080L0 Maxtors / Liteon LH-20A1P-10C 20x dvd-rewriter (treated it yesterday) / oldish LG 16x10x40 cd r/w ...and it's a HONEY / solid as a rock. Daren't upset it ! ...so for lots of obvous reasons, I'll spsend the extra money and eventually build a whole new one, get it installed, and iron out any problems, and after several months hoping to duplicate my XP Home and apps. platform, I could then move to it :-) ...Tweaking up XP is the hard / long winded part ! Have been reading newegg and Tomshardware PSU reviews (Fortron/Seasonic :-), and lots of others. After lots of reading wildly differing opinions, I was beginning to suspect that something around 400 quality watts would do, then there's the consideration that even quite high quality psu's perform more stably at their "middle" loading range. I've been eyeing up the Seasonics at my favourite hardware vendor :-) .....thanks again, regards, Richard "Anna" <myname(a)myisp.net> wrote in message news:uwJfQNixHHA.2432(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Richard: > Don't get too caught up in this wattage business. You've got a relatively > modest system (even if & when you'll need "extra capacity") so I would > think a 400W+ PSU from one of the usually reliable sources, e.g., Antec, > Enermax, Fortron, Seasonic, etc., should serve you well. Your cost should > be well under $100. Why don't you simply access Newegg's site and see > their offerings together with user comments? And there are a slew of > websites that devote themselves entirely or partly to reporting & testing > power supplies. > > BTW, you don't mention your current PSU. Is there some problem with your > current unit or you have some suspicion that it's not functioning > properly? > Anna > > > "RJK" <notatospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:efVR7ZfxHHA.4352(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> PSU wattage ??? >> Have trawled through site after site, tried several different "wattage >> calculators" that give wildly different figures, seemingly because they >> want you to click on a "buy a psu here" link !! >> >> Anyhooo! ...can someone give me a more accurate idea for watts, for >> ordinary desktop midi-tower innards as follows. (I know that if one goes >> too "cheap" one could end up with a 250watt psu badged as a 500watt etc. >> so I'll probably buy and ANTEC.), >> ...and I most likely will want to add an IDE pci card and another IDE hd, >> at a later date. >> >> ATX Conroe865PE motherboard with Realtek LAN and sound on it. >> Pentium D925 (2x3ghz - 2x2mb L2 cache) >> 3 sticks of DDR400 >> Nvidia 6200 AGP card >> pci - Creative SB Audigy 2 >> pci - Intel K56 flex. data/fax/voice modem, (I think that's still in >> there!) >> 2 x 7200 IDE hd's >> 1 x floppy drive >> 4 x 80mm fans >> 1 x dvd r/w drive >> 1 x cd r/w drive >> Occasionally, I plug in my old Canoscan N650OU scanner (UBS powered), >> >> ...and of course, some extra capacity but, not too much !!! >> >> TIA, regards, >> >> Richard >> >> >> "RJK" <notatospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:%23cx53IZxHHA.4736(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Hi, I'm really out of date with hardware ! >>> >>> I'm about to cobble together an 865PE motherboard with a Pentium D925 on >>> it, >>> ...motherboard has a AGP slot so that I can use my old graphics card, >>> ....Antec PSU I've been ogling has a 6 pin pci-e supply, does that just >>> dangle unused (alright then "gets tied up":-) >>> http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=04644 >>> In other words, will PSU be okay if that 6 pin power supply is unused, >>> just like one can tie-up the 4 pin cpu power supply if not used on older >>> boards/cpu's that don't need it 4pin power. >>> >>> regards, Richard >> > > |