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March 13th, 2002, 07:46 PM
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| Can a 250W PSU handle a Tbird 1.333?
Can a 250W PSU handle a Tbird 1.333?
System has two hard drives, a burner and a reg CD Rom.
Also has two fans.
I know 300W would work, but can I hurt anything if I try the 250W?
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March 13th, 2002, 07:52 PM
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What video card do you have? If it's AGP 4X, you're asking for trouble. My 700 athlon with an AGP 2x was crashing with a 250 (Karpo) I switched to an Enermax 450, and crash no more!
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March 13th, 2002, 07:52 PM
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It wont hurt to try.
I'd expect it not to work since you system is pretty loaded though.
Your just have either unstablity or a nice blank screen if you try to load it without enough power supplied.
BTW, this is assuming you have no sensitive data that can get ruined with the unstability part.
If you do, every time the computer crashes, you risk losing something | |
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March 13th, 2002, 07:54 PM
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If you haven't bought anything yet, definately go with a 300+ PSU
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March 13th, 2002, 07:56 PM
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Id sure give it a try before shelling out the cash---(thats IF you already have it) | |
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March 13th, 2002, 08:34 PM
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Depends on the PS IMO.
I have an AOpen 250W PS in a KF-45A case, and the reviews I've seen say it will put out more output than a lot of generic 300W PS's. Dunno why they say that, but I believe it! 
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March 13th, 2002, 08:55 PM
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Yep .. give it a try .. a quality 250watts PSU should feed your system without problems ...
But when it comes to OCing then nothing is guaranteed ... but still possible ...
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March 13th, 2002, 09:02 PM
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you'll also be limited to what accessories you can add on later... you start adding more things like an extra HD extra fans, a dvdrom plus a cd burner.... going downhill  | |
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March 13th, 2002, 09:03 PM
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Thanks all...
The 250W is an old cheapo so I will bite the bullet and go for a 300W .
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March 13th, 2002, 09:07 PM
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get an Enermax Dual fan on similar | |
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