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smat
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Post Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2000 1:35 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
i've got at the mo a 250PSU

do i need a larger one i have

3 x 2Gb SCsI HDD
48X CD_ROM
10x DVD DRive
2 x 80MM Sunon Case Fans
ABIT KT7 Non Raid
Amd Tbird 750@1Ghz
Floppy Drive

I tried to run extra YS-Tech Fan form Motherbaord and it was running Slow.

Ideas anyone?

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Post Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2000 4:44 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
What kind of Vid Card do you have? If you have a GTS for example, I would step it up to 300W to help supply the life juice. :-D

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Post Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2000 7:45 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
300W or higher, the bigger the better. A more powerful supply means a less overworked PSU which translates to longer life and hopefully a clean signal. Also, if you have a fan on the vid card and it is powered off the card, move the power directly to the PSU for more stability.

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Brain
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Post Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2000 9:07 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
definitely bump up to 300 ( I have a 400 myself )

something else you might want to consider:

moving all of your fans over to a 2nd power supply (EXCEPT for the ones plugged into your MoBo for monitoring) which will keep your power signal that much cleaner, no feed back, no 60 cycle interruptions if you get a fan motor burning out, and decreased load on the PS that your mobo/vid card is getting signals from

the only down side is acquiring an AT ps, if you don't have access to one, and remembering to turn it on and off

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