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pauldaft   11-04-2005 at 09:18:21 PM

If I've just bought:

EPoX EP-9NPA+ Ultra, nForce4 Ultra,ATX Socket-939,S-ATA,GbLAN,Firewire,PCI-Ex16

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0GHz Socket 939, 1MB

Gainward GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express

Do you think my 300W Nexus PSU is going to be enough?

Cheers...

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fishmahn   11-04-2005 at 10:05:31 PM
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Nope.

Mike.

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pauldaft   11-04-2005 at 10:22:42 PM
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What do you think the minimum ?W needs to be for my set-up?

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Rugger   11-04-2005 at 10:28:37 PM
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I'd go with something like this <A HREF="http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=270402" target="_new">Enermax 535W Whisper II model EG565P</A>. If you can't buy that one at ZZF, then get a good quality PSU and I'd say stay in the 500+ watt range.

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fishmahn   11-04-2005 at 11:52:51 PM
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Basically what Rugger said. If you find a high-quality 480-ish watt that'll be ok as well, but that rig needs a lot of power and the power supply is becoming the most important component for a stable system.

Mike.

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Rugger   11-05-2005 at 05:51:47 AM
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I tend to like a little breathing room...Plus that PSU may be good for his next upgrade, too. I know you'll like that as forum cheaparse.

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PluggedN   11-06-2005 at 09:34:16 PM
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As long as you go with 450w+ and it is a good name brand such as Antec, Enermax, OCZ you will be fine.....Look at the +12v power. Most good single rail power supplies will offer at least 30A

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mais   11-17-2005 at 12:14:29 PM
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Get a Enermax Noisetaker 600watt power supply with dual rail 12 volt 35A or some thing of similar caliber for a few dollars more - the computer will run rock solid and as a bonus you don't have to worry about upgrade for a long time !!!

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