Power Supply???

[vortex]

What kind of power supply would I need for this setup???
Asus P4S800 Motherboard
2.8 or 3GHz P4
512MB PC3200 ram from Kingston
80 or 120gig WD 7200RPM 8MB cache HardDrive
128MB. GeForceFX 5900
52X32X52X Liteon CDRW
16X DVD Drive
floppy drive
Creative Lab Audigy2

 

[WingDing]

I'd go for a minimum of 380W, ideally 450W or 460W. But make sure you get a good brand.

My CPU runs so hot it creates a quark-gluon plasma

 

[jmecor]

Antec TrueBlue 430Watts will do well in most of today's system.

 

[jmecor]

Espicially that you got a geforcefx 5900 which eats a lot of power.

 

[JP5]

Antec 380 or Fortron 350

 

[Crashman]

I like to go large myself, to allow for future expansion. Also, larger means less stress, which can help keep your power supply fans running in low speed mode.

So if you want the minimum, a 350W Fortron should be more than enough, but might run a little warm, resulting in the fans running faster (thermally controlled) with more noise.

A 400W Fortron should rarely need to kick the fans up to Stage 2, but will cost quite a bit more.

For a few dollars more than the 400, a 530W Fortron should support all the hardware you can throw at it for many, many years.

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[upec]

I would go with an 400 watt Antec or Emermax PSU.