Community weekly poll: How many watts is your main computer's power supply?
- 4/26/06 3:52 PM
400 Watt - possibly maxed
by draco_lich - 4/28/06 10:22 AM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
Mine is a 400 Watt PSU in a full tower case. A completely self-built system with 4 IDE HDDs, 2 3.5" FDDs, a DVD-ROM and a DVD+/-RW. Obviously I'm using an ATA controller and several Y-cables for the extra IDE connections. It's an Athlon 1.2GHz with 768MB 133MHZ RAM, a 64MB NVidia AGP card, a few other PCI cards, and a second fan dual-booting with Windows 2000 SP3 and Slackware Linux 10.2. I know it's not impressive by today's standards but it does what I need.
And to think it started as a Cyrix P120 with 16MB 9-pin RAM, 2MB SVGA card, Sound Blaster 16 ISA card, 14.4KBps ISA modem, a 1.2GB HDD, a 4X CD-ROM and a 230 Watt PSU in a mini tower case.
Home Built and Outdated.
by najie - 4/28/06 10:27 AM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
This was my first build and on a budget. System contents: Generic case from computer fair with 4-5 1/4 front bays and 2-3 1/2 front bays, room for 4 internal hard drives (Mid-size tower) I have an Antec Tru Power 430 power supply powering: an Intel D865Perl MoBo W/P-4 3.06 proc, 2 gb (4-512 mb Kingston DDR-3200)memory, Stock CPU fan, 4 case fans (one in the top), ATI Radeon 9550 graphics card (I Know) SB Audigy2 ZS sound card, Modem card, Controller card for additional hard drive, three hard drives (160/120/80), four optical drives (1 liteOn 52X CD, 2 Plextor PX-716SA DVD Multi, 1 LiteOn 8X DVD Multi) 1 floppy, 2 USB hubs, 1 card reader, Klipsch THX 2-1 Sub/Sat speakers, 2 Epson Photo Printers 220R/320R, Agfa Snapscan E-50 Scanner, web cam, Win XP Pro SP-2, Norton AV, ZoneAlarm Pro, GhostSurf, WinPatrol Plus, SpyBot SD, Ad Aware SE, Windows Defender, Spyware Blaster (and still not enough)D-Link router for addition FireWall. Way too much software. Love to copy DVD's and this thing does a pretty good job of it.
I do sometimes (maybe once a week) get a spontaneous re-boot. Not necessarily when I'm doing a certain task or using a certain piece of hardware. Motherboard looks good, caps look normal.(Haven't looked for known problems with the Intel MoBo) Probably a failing mem module or pushing my PSU to the limits. Looking to upgrade to larger PSU.
Love reading the great input from everyone.
stats!
by Jasus - 4/28/06 10:51 AM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
me have a 450 watts psu intel pentium 4 2.80 512 mb ram 2* hdd no floppy.
Custom Rig
by Commandoclone87 - 4/28/06 2:19 PM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
Asrock Dual Sata Motherboard
Athlon 64 3200+
1.5 Gb PC3200
600W Okia PSU
AIW 9800 Pro
SB Live 24-Bit
250 Gb Maxtor HDD
BenQ 1625 DVD/CD-Rom Drive
Generic CD-Rom
D-Link Wireless Airplus G Adapter
Gateway FPD2185W Monitor
I think I have like 100W
by stargate3216 - 4/28/06 3:44 PM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
I have a laptop so it draws very few watts.
I have a 550 watt Power supply
by 4jackie40d - 4/28/06 5:51 PM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
I have a 2.7 gigahertz Intel CPU but the mother board supports a ga zillion things has 8 USB ports of which I have used about 6 of them and some thing which get plugged and un pluged on the front plus the hard drives and DVD burners and external Hard drive ( USB ) of course
The back of my computer is a nightmare of wires going all over the place have tried to arrange them and use tie wires but then I always seem to need to do something and have to disconnect stuff So it remains a maze of wires
Power Supply Info and Research
by Dave_H - 4/28/06 7:12 PM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
I'm still looking for another article, but here is a good place to start:
http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/articles/guides/Power_Supply_Guide_1.html
Article on PSU Testing Methodology
by Dave_H - 4/28/06 7:20 PM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
From last year, but the theories are still the same:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/psu-methodology.html
(NT) AMD Athlon 64 Processor 2800+ using 550W PSU
by ehalpe - 4/28/06 7:36 PM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
Custom PC Lab Test of 29 Power Supplies
by Dave_H - 4/28/06 8:40 PM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
There is no way to link to this article directly, and I had to dig around to find it, but it is the article I was talking about several posts back. This is the most comprehensive testing I've seen on a group of power supplies, and you can clearly see the test methods and what PSU's made the grade (or went up in smoke!)
To get to this article, go to http://www.custompc.co.uk/
Under "Product Reviews", click on the "Labs" link, then the link for "PSUs"
This takes you to an article dated November 2004, covering 12 PSU's, but the article you really want to read was written in October 2005 (magazine issue #26) and covers 29 PSU's.
I had to go to the Nov. 04 article, and then perform a search for "PC Power & Cooling", which took me to a page with a link to the PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Express/SLI, located under the "Found in the Labs" [46 matches] heading. The article date here is shown as Nov 05.
Clicking on the "PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Express/SLI" link takes you to a page about that power supply; when you get to that page, click on the button that says "Introduction", and it will take you to the beginning of the article where they tested the 29 power supplies.
I know this is an extremely convoluted way to get to an article, but if I didn't think it was worth it I wouldn't have taken the time to research and post how to get to it!
Had I found this article before ordering my PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 510 Deluxe (which I am very satisfied with) I probably would have ordered a Seasonic S12-600; it has comparable performance, runs quieter, and is less expensive. I had already been researching power supplies for about a week and a half, but didn't find this article until two days after placing my order (which had already shipped). If nothing else, this shows how hard it is to find solid, reliable power supply information!
I hope this helps someone out!
BTW, here is my system:
Mid-tower case with four front accessible 5.25” drive bays, two front accessible 3.5” drive bays, four internal 3.5” drive bays, two front USB 2.0, and front Mic and Headphone jacks
ASUS P4C800E Deluxe Motherboard
PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 510 Deluxe Power Supply
3.4E Prescott P4 running at 3.91 Ghz w/Zalman CNPS9500 LED HS/Fan
2 GB Corsair PC 3200 Dual Channel CL2 Ram (2x 1 Gig)
ATI All-In-Wonder X800 XT 256 MB
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum with Live Drive front panel, including 1394 port and IR receiver for remote
Two 250GB DiamondMax 10 HD w/16 MB cache using a
Promise FastTrak TX 4310 SATA Disk Drive Controller in RAID 1
120 Gb RAID 0 for capture/editing using two Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 133ATA drives
Toshiba SD-M1912 DVD Rom Drive
Plextor PX-716SA Serial ATA DVD Dual Layer Burner
1.44 MB floppy drive
9-in-1 Memory Card Reader
2 x 80mm exhaust fans
Win XP Pro w/SP2
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro
Kensington Expert Mouse 4-button Optical Track Ball w/Scroll Ring
Cambridge Soundworks Digital 2.1 Speaker System
Epson Stylus Photo R800 Printer
Microtek I700 Flatbed Scanner
Konica-Minolta DiMage Scan Dual IV Slide and Film Scanner
Intel Pocket Digital PC Camera (Web Cam, and Point & Click w/ 128 Mb SM Card)
APC BackUPS RS 1500
400 watts
by fcomarin - 4/28/06 9:29 PM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
Built this back in 2004...Its ok for what I use it for but next time I build a PC I wont buy cheap parts to save cash
Intel Pentium IV 530 3.0GHz 1MB 800MHz
ASRock 775V88 P4 VIA PT800 800FSB Audio/LAN DDR400 ATX
ThermaltakeTR2-M13 Silent LGA775 Prescott Fan
2x 512MB DDR PC-3200 400MHz
2x 256MB DDR PC-3200 400MHz
Megaspeed GeForce4 MX440 128MB DDR w/TV-Out
Powmax 769PL-2 Mid Tower ATX Case 400W AMD/P4 Beige
1)6gb WD OS HDD
1)300GB SATA Internal Seagate HDD
1)160 GB Maxtor internal 2nd dairy HDD
1)500GB Maxtor USB external HDD
1)250 gb seagate USB external HDD
1)200GB Maxtor USB external HDD
1)120GB Maxtor USB external HDD
1)Pioneer Beige DVD -RW Model DVR-105
1)Pioneer Beige DVD +/-RW Model DVR-108
Power Supply's
by robertofl - 4/28/06 10:54 PM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
I use a 660w duel rail 12v power supply. It is made by Enermax. It also has SATA Connectors, so there is no need for adpaters. It also supports a 24 pin main board connector. It has built in protection circuts. Also has duel cooling fans that are speed controled. It is by far the best power supply I have come across. I use it on my gaming computer, it draws approxamently 295 watts at an idle. This power supply comes with a 3 year warrenty. It has never let me down yet. Oh yes it also supports PCIExpress. So there is no need for adapters there also. Great Power supply.
Computer's Power Supply.
by brennandh - 4/29/06 2:21 AM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
I own a Sempron 2600+ (Socket A) & I have installed a 400 watts power supply in this system. Before I decide on the size of the PSU I am to utilize, I researched & studied the appropriate power & system requirements. Stated below are the hardwares inside my system:
80Gb HDD (Seagate)
MSI K7N2 motherboard (NForce2)
INNO3d FX5500 AGP Card 8x (256mb/128bit)
2 x 512mb Memory Stick (Generic)
Samsung CDRW
D-Link Dial-up modem
430 watts
by nathanpsz2 - 4/29/06 6:45 AM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
A64 3700+ San Diego
DFI nf4 DAGF
1GB PC3200
X600
Western Digital 250GB SATA
Floppy drive
DVD Burner
DVD Drive
Audigy 2
All on a TR2 430W
(NT) Dell Precision 380 Workstation with 370W PSU
by spencada - 4/30/06 1:41 AM In reply to: How many watts is your main computer's power supply? by Marc Bennett
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