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Heir Raktus
1  9:38pm 20/03/06        
<b>Taj Daemun<br><i>Worship Me</b></i>
Im thinking of getting an Ultra X-Connect 500w PSU but Im worried about not having enough wires and such, or of course, buying the wrong thing entirely... This is my system...


Motherboard: PCCHIPS M957G 3.0
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 080010
Procesor: 2.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4

Drives:

AOPEN COM5232/AAH PRO [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
HDS72258 0VLSA80 SCSI Disk Device (79.99 GB) -- drive 1
WDC WD800BB-00JHC0 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0

Video Card:

Nvidia GeForce 6600GT


anyone with other ideas?
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Beff Pike
2  10:16pm 20/03/06        
Bounty Hunter
Antec SP-350


But I dunno. I don't think it's enuff.

Not a bad system, imo btw.
Morgan Evanar
3  10:54pm 20/03/06        
A Very Questionable Potato
An Antec or Enermax in the 300watt range will push that along with no problems.
Titus
4  11:36pm 20/03/06        
Internaut
I would not skimp on the PSU. A nice Antec with a rating of (I'll disagree with Morgan) at least 350, more like 400 should do you nice. PSU's you can usually move from system to system if you buy smart. Plus, well, it's one of the most critical components....

The Antec I purchased for my Desktop has been plugging along great for the last year and a half or so. That system was, for a year, almost never off. Lately it's been off unless used to run Sonar.
Heir Raktus
5  11:38pm 20/03/06        
<b>Taj Daemun<br><i>Worship Me</b></i>
Well, Ive got a generic in there now and Ill tell you what...

The temperature gauge on the fron fades and dies from time to time and the computer generally becomes laggy and sometimes freezes when I use image intensive programs... my assumption as well as a few others... Power issuies...
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Titus
6  12:15am 21/03/06        
Internaut
You may want to try opening the case and blowing a fan in there. Is the fan on the PSU working?
Heir Raktus
7  12:32am 21/03/06        
<b>Taj Daemun<br><i>Worship Me</b></i>
actually Im using a room fan for it, with an open case
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Seth Vinda
8  5:57am 21/03/06        
Admin - New Republican - VC Magnate - Reasonable Redcoat
*imagines a huge Wind-tunnel turbine power fan*
Morgan Evanar
9  6:03am 21/03/06        
A Very Questionable Potato
Titus:
I would not skimp on the PSU. A nice Antec with a rating of (I'll disagree with Morgan) at least 350, more like 400 should do you nice. PSU's you can usually move from system to system if you buy smart. Plus, well, it's one of the most critical components...
Provided you're not running an SLI/Crossfire rig and a high-draw P4 (dual core 3.2ghz+), a ~300 watt antec or 330watt enermax will be fine. You can always get something with more juice if you feel like spending the money, but what I'm suggesting will be more than adaquate for all but the silliest dual core/SLI disk heavy rigs.