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Brief power question re:XPs

bugler · 2002-01-13 12:10:55

Will a 300W PSU suffice for an athlon xp 1800+ ? Hope to have a cd-writer in there soon aswell, in addition to the usual rig out.

13-01-2002 1:10pm

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Will a 300W PSU suffice for an athlon xp 1800+ ? Hope to have a cd-writer in there soon aswell, in addition to the usual rig out.

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#2 14-01-2002 7:42pm

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ya it would do but i would go for a 350watt ethermax i have notting but good from them they are only about £50OcUK

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#3 14-01-2002 9:39pm

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I've run a 1900+ off a 300w psu with no problems, I don't really think you need to go forking out for anything with higher output.
The XP runs cooler (hence needs less power) than the tbird, so your 1800+ xp which runs at 1533 mhz will need around the same amount of power as a tbird 1.4 ghz, perhaps slightly more.

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