afikid Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 I'm being offered a 350W PSU for $25. The reason I'm buying this is so i can replace the 250W that I have now. I was told i need this so i can run the X800XL i'm about to buy. I'm running an AMD Athlon 3000+ (2.17GHz), 1GB RAM, CDROM, CD/DVD writer, and one HDD. will this 350W be enough to power all of these efficiently and stably? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 Give us specs (amps), peak power (asuming that 350w isnt peak, and at what temp) and brand edit: Just read, x800xl... doubt it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afikid Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 i know nothing about the psu, plus i'm a noob so i have no clue what i'm looking at. i would be buying it from CCHalogamer. i'm assuming he still posts here. he told me it would run all of these fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 The information should be on a rather large sticker on the body of the PSU. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afikid Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 (edited) i haven't seen it, so i know no specs. he just told me today that he would sell it to me for $25 (because that's what he had in it) and that it would run everything smoothly. Edited July 20, 2005 by afikid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henbenley Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 i know nothing about the psu, plus i'm a noob so i have no clue what i'm looking at. i would be buying it from CCHalogamer. i'm assuming he still posts here. he told me it would run all of these fine. 512619[/snapback] He's a great guy to do business with and yes he still posts here. I'm not that much of a PSU guy so I cant give you advice on this, but I can give you a link to a wattage calculator that I use. PSU CALCULATOR Not to interfere with cchalogamer's deal, but if you dont think that 350w will be enough I have 400w for sale that I originally got from him. PM me if you want detail or check my for sale thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afikid Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 (edited) He's a great guy to do business with and yes he still posts here. I'm not that much of a PSU guy so I cant give you advice on this, but I can give you a link to a wattage calculator that I use. PSU CALCULATOR Not to interfere with cchalogamer's deal, but if you dont think that 350w will be enough I have 400w for sale that I originally got from him. PM me if you want detail or check my for sale thread. 512624[/snapback] well according to that i would need around a 300W PSU. Edited July 20, 2005 by afikid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 (edited) The problem is typically the advertised watts on a psu isnt true. The majority of companies advertise the peak watt s at an internal temperature which is unrealistic such as 20 degrees (very common). So at idle that psu may be able to deliver 350w but as the load gets heavier heat will also rise deteriorating performance. So in the end, you may only be getting 250 watts of power (which is not too good in your case) and remember head room is good. Putting your PSU under that much stress isnt good, it may lead to failure and may take your entire computer out with it! Edited July 20, 2005 by roadkill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afikid Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 The problem is typically the advertised watts on a psu isnt true. The majority of companies advertise the peak watt s at an internal temperature which is unrealistic such as 20 degrees (very common). So at idle that psu may be able to deliver 350w but as the load gets heavier heat will also rise deteriorating performance. So in the end, you may only be getting 250 watts of power (which is not too good in your case) and remember head room is good. Putting your PSU under that much stress isnt good, it may lead to failure and may take your entire computer out with it! 512627[/snapback] yeah, cchalo came over today to check out my current psu today and said it wasn't delivering. and that was at idle. i was going to get a dynex 500W but that fell through. any recommendations for a good psu? i'm just trying to keep the price low. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 Well you want to go with a reliable brand some cheap good PSU's are Tagans, FSP (just got to play with the Fortron Bluestorm, pretty good psu), Antec, Enermax. Avoid: Thermaltake, Aspire, and powermax (tons more, but definatly avoid these) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afikid Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 i hate to hound you guys so much, but what about these two enermax. enermax 1 enermax 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigr5026 Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 afkid, im from nbk too, and im ryuan, anyway, i know the psu chris is selling ou, its good enough, trust me, and a x800xl is overkill, you could use a 6600 get for bf2, at most, that is good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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