Advice about real power needs for a P4 3GHZ and P4P800-e

akiraware · Post by **akiraware** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:42 pm

Hi my name is Akira, I´m from Brazil, looking for a new PSU

I have a machine with these stuff:

Pentium 4 3GHZ / 800m /1mb (Prescott)
Asus P4P800-E Deluxe
MSI Geforce 4 TI 4600 (the old version with 4X agp only)
1,5 GB Corsair Value RAM (2 Sticks of 512 and 2 of 256)
5 Hds IDE Maxtor 40 GB Diamond Max 8

(As soon I have the money I will exchange with a 250GB new drive!!!)
1 HD IDE Seagate Barracuda 80 GB
1 DVD-Rom LG 16x
1 DVD+-R RW RAM LG 4163
1 Adaptec AHA2940UW with a Multicard Reader (PC Card and Flash Card)
Intellimouse USB
And some other USB stuff (Irda, card reader, etc..)

I need a PSU wich can handle all these stuff, I don´t now wich is more power hungry in these itens, for sure I know the prescott CPU is, here in my country is hard to find, good brand PSU, so I need an advice before buy anything.

PS: my actual PSU is broken, I think the no brand I use can handle all my stuff...

Thansk for any help

Elixer · Post by **Elixer** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:27 pm

There's a recommended section for a reason. Read this, it should answer most of your questions:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article28-page1.html

sthayashi · Post by **sthayashi** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:27 pm

Just to add on, your machine doesn't draw as much power as you think it does.

BenW · Post by **BenW** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:27 am

You should have a look for any decent brand PSU you can find with around 400W. That should easily cope with your system

akiraware · Post by **akiraware** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:35 pm

Thanks to all guys, a 400W antec is more than enough to me!!!!
Kind Regards,
Akira

Advice about real power needs for a P4 3GHZ and P4P800-e

Advice about real power needs for a P4 3GHZ and P4P800-e

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