Power Supply recommendation

[Ryan]

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I have a P4 2.26 gigahertz proc. and was wondering what kind of
recommendation for a power supply I should get.

I'm not looking to overclock and or anything heavy. I'm confused when it
comes to dual fans and voltages.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Guest]

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You need a power supply that will carry all the loads from
the motherboard and CPU plus the RAM and each drive, plus
the add-in cards, USB ports and anything else you connect to
the computer, plus a little reserve.
A 250 Watt PSU will overheat if you try to make it deliver
250 Watts 100% of the time and a 450 Watt unit will run just
fine delivering 250 Watts 24/7/365.

Use the power calculators to find the minimum size you need
and then get a size bigger. Buy a name brand.


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"ryan" <ryan@email.com> wrote in message
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|I have a P4 2.26 gigahertz proc. and was wondering what
kind of
| recommendation for a power supply I should get.
|
| I'm not looking to overclock and or anything heavy. I'm
confused when it
| comes to dual fans and voltages.
|
| Any help would be appreciated.
|
|

 

[jr]

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Jim,

What would be a named brand power supply?

"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
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> You need a power supply that will carry all the loads from
> the motherboard and CPU plus the RAM and each drive, plus
> the add-in cards, USB ports and anything else you connect to
> the computer, plus a little reserve.
> A 250 Watt PSU will overheat if you try to make it deliver
> 250 Watts 100% of the time and a 450 Watt unit will run just
> fine delivering 250 Watts 24/7/365.
>
> Use the power calculators to find the minimum size you need
> and then get a size bigger. Buy a name brand.
>
>
> --
> The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
> But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
>
>
> "ryan" <ryan@email.com> wrote in message
> news:OfN5fS38EHA.2572@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> |I have a P4 2.26 gigahertz proc. and was wondering what
> kind of
> | recommendation for a power supply I should get.
> |
> | I'm not looking to overclock and or anything heavy. I'm
> confused when it
> | comes to dual fans and voltages.
> |
> | Any help would be appreciated.
> |
> |
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Antec www.antec-inc.com PC Power and Cooling, Inc
http://www.pcpowercooling.com/
to name just two brand names.


"JR" <jr@23hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Jim,
|
| What would be a named brand power supply?
|
| "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote
in message
| news:e6$bOf48EHA.3868@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
| > You need a power supply that will carry all the loads
from
| > the motherboard and CPU plus the RAM and each drive,
plus
| > the add-in cards, USB ports and anything else you
connect to
| > the computer, plus a little reserve.
| > A 250 Watt PSU will overheat if you try to make it
deliver
| > 250 Watts 100% of the time and a 450 Watt unit will run
just
| > fine delivering 250 Watts 24/7/365.
| >
| > Use the power calculators to find the minimum size you
need
| > and then get a size bigger. Buy a name brand.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| > "ryan" <ryan@email.com> wrote in message
| > news:OfN5fS38EHA.2572@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| > |I have a P4 2.26 gigahertz proc. and was wondering what
| > kind of
| > | recommendation for a power supply I should get.
| > |
| > | I'm not looking to overclock and or anything heavy.
I'm
| > confused when it
| > | comes to dual fans and voltages.
| > |
| > | Any help would be appreciated.
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Andy]

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Get this power supply: <http://www.directron.com/fsp30060pn.html>.

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:19:27 -0800, "ryan" <ryan@email.com> wrote:

>I have a P4 2.26 gigahertz proc. and was wondering what kind of
>recommendation for a power supply I should get.
>
>I'm not looking to overclock and or anything heavy. I'm confused when it
>comes to dual fans and voltages.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>

 

[Guest]

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Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
> Power supply wattage calculator
> http://www.adecy.com/psu/
>
Interesting link, Carey; using that calculator, it says I need a 571
watt PSU - hard to believe when I already have a 480 watt Thermaltake
Butterfly Pure Power and all is well.

 

[Guest]

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You notice that it is only recommendations. As they don't sell power
supplies I don't think they have an agenda!

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Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Steve Marshall" <marshall22@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
>> Power supply wattage calculator
>> http://www.adecy.com/psu/
>>
> Interesting link, Carey; using that calculator, it says I need a 571 watt
> PSU - hard to believe when I already have a 480 watt Thermaltake Butterfly
> Pure Power and all is well.