To help determine your PSU power needs here's a Power consumption guide from Maximum PC June 2004 issue. Sorry but the issues archive on the website only goes back as far as 2005.
http://www.maximumpc.com/ Component Power requirement lines used Older CPU 20 - 40 watts +3.3v Athlon XP, 64 or P4 60 - 90 watts +12v Motherboard 20 - 30 watts +3.3v, +5v, +12v Ram 20 watts per 256MB +3.3v PCI cards 5 - 10 watts +5v AGP video 20 - 50 watts +5v, +12v CPU case fan 2 - 4 watts +12v 5'400 rpm HD 5 - 10 watts +5v and +12v 7,200 rpm HD 5 - 15 watts +5v and +12v 10,000 rpm HD 5 - 20 watts +5v and +12v Floppy drive 5 watts +5v and +12v CD/DVD drive 10 - 20 watts +5v and +12v Cold cathode lights 3 watts +12v Led lights < 1 watt 12v or +5 v -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hugh Gundersen Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 3:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: MB, CPU, RAM, PS choice On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:58:48 -0000, you wrote: >Naaa! > >Just wondering if your current PSU is up to the load, >and thinking of the new dual videoboard idea. > >JimB > >----- Original Message ----- What! @ 650Watt Sounds pretty OTT to me as I haven't seen any larger outputs recently. Sir Hugh of Bognor -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
