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Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2003 12:23 pm**

Man here i was thinking i could get a quailty 420-450 watt supply for like 50-75 dollars... boy was i wrong! i dont need one with all the fancy shit on it... just a plain one that makes POWER!

I have been thinking of throwing in an old AT 250 to run drives and accesories and leave my 300-350 watt hooked only to the mobo.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2003 12:33 pm**

you CAN get one for about $65

http://www.kdcomputers.com/eui/prime/pr ... ponent.htm
and its only $5 shipping

I am currently using the next one up with the quad fans ($85), but the powersupply is VERY nice

and if you didnt see the review link on the product page
here is it http://www.pcabusers.com/reviews/kingwin450w/p1.html

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2003 2:05 pm**

Should be no problem finding a good one for $75 or so.

Your PSU is the life blood of your PC. I've seen a LOT of systems damaged lately due to cheap PSUs.

Do yourself a favor and get a good one. Antec PSUs are very good. I also like Enermax, although some people say they've had problems with them on Epox mobos.

If you can live with a 350w PSU (and unless you're running several HDDs, 350 is adequate) this is a reasonobly priced PSU for $55: http://www.newegg.com/app/Viewproduct.a ... =EG365P-VE(FC).

Here's a good Enermax 460w unit for $80: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.a ... VE%28FM%29

Here's an excellent Antec 450w unit for $71: http://www.newegg.com/app/Viewproduct.a ... X12V%20450

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2003 5:49 pm**

umm... yea... im kinda imbearASSed to say this.. but today i took my stuff apart to put new HS and redo some wiring and i found my PSU is only a.......................

250 WATT PSU!!! so i guess a solid 350 would work... but i plan on havin a ton of LEDs in my case.. so i better go with a slightly larger one... or use the seperate 250 or even a 125 to run all the LEDs.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2003 11:23 pm**

What have you been running on a 250w PSU?!!

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2003 11:37 pm**

8rda+ 1800@2100 FSB @ 145. i cant go any faster... it screws up... not enuff power.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2003 11:50 pm**

Must be a good 250w psu though to run that.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2003 11:51 pm**

Yes, very. LOL

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2003 1:42 pm**

its old as hell.. its probbly one of the firs gen atx PSUs. i tell ya back then they made some great stuff.

anybody know what differs a 300 and a 500 watt PSU? is it simply componets or cooling or what?

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2003 2:29 pm**

Components AND Cooling... Bigger heat sinks etc......

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2003 3:07 pm**

so that means i could bust this one open .. put some more regulators and capasitors to increase the output... but i think id be better off just paying for a good one.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2003 5:24 pm**

CompUSA has a 400W Antec on sale for $49...sounds like a decent deal. pick one of those up and sleep easier at night.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2003 6:27 pm**

the 300w compusa one I had was pretty good. Pushed alot of hardware, and was extreamly quiet. it lacked good cooling though, but your case should take care of that.

Greg

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2003 8:44 pm**

I dont think there is a compUSA around me. id there was id probbly go get one.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2003 9:17 pm**

get it online from CompUSA.

or try Newegg:

Antec power supplies from Newegg

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