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165352 2003-08-04 12:14:00 I was wondering how many watts power supply would i need for a fairly new pc. would a 420 watt one be enough?
This is PC specs:
CPU
AMD Athlon XP 2800+

Hard-drive
Seagate 7200rpm 80Gb Serial ATA 150 8Mb cache

Memory
512Mb PC3200 DDR 400MHz SDRAM

Graphics
GeForce 4 TI4800SE 128Mb

Monitor
Samsung SyncMaster 171N 17" TFT LCD Screen

CD-ROM/Writer
Samsung SW252B 52x Write 24x Re-Write 52x Read
Samsung 52x CD-Rom


Modem-Network
Internal 56k Modem

Motherboard
Epox EP-8KRA2+ KT600

Other
A4 Tech KBS-2548RP Wireless Office Desktop
Thermaltake Xaser III V2000A case
+ Thermaltake W0009 420 Watt power supply
ThermalTake Volcano 11+ CPU fan
3.5" Floppy drive
Chao is back (634)
165353 2003-08-04 12:17:00 Yes godfather (25)
165354 2003-08-05 10:56:00 That should do you for a long time. This page (www.upgradesource.com) has some figures to look at when considering a new PSU. Susan B (19)
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