300W power enough?

[plexboy]

I know this is probably more complicated than I think, but I wanted to know if my 300W power supply would be able to handle the additional load of a Radeon 9800 PRO. Currently, I have running off of it (besides the mobo, 800MHZ FSB)

Plextor Premium
Sony DVD Drive
Plextor 708A
West. Digital Harddrive 120.
Standard 3.5 floppy
My CPU is a 3.06
USB ports
Case fans (3?)

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated....

THANKS!


512mb ram

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by plexboy on 11/09/03 01:07 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[kinetic_tw]

I'd wager that your system is already stressing the limits of 300W. Shell out the 36 bucks for a 400W Fortron FSP Power Supply over on NewEgg. It'll output over 450W at peak.

 

[lhgpoobaa]

If its a high quality brand name PSU then it might be ok.
If it isnt, dont bother. Get a new quality one.

I say this time and time again...
You pay alot of money for expensive quality computer parts. Why risk them with a average to crap power supply?

Antec Enermax or Fortron i recommend.

<b>I help because I'm so damned good!

Regards,
Mr no integrity coward.</b>

 

[plexboy]

OK! I replaced with a Truepower Antec 430W...Now Waiting for my Radeon 9800 to get here....Thanks people...I also noted that my computer is a lot quieter...I think the fans in the old power supply were cheap, or something...L&C brand...whatever that is...BUT TO ALL...THANKS!!! THIS FORUM ROCKS!!!