****Rough psu Info****
thought i woiuld add this for u all
The mobo itself takes up between 15 to 30 watts. To that, you must add the load from your processor. A 700MHz Celeron takes 21W, rising to 33W for a 1GHz PIII and 55W for a P4. Athlons are the hungriest though, requiring 70W.
Now factor in all your hard drives. The floppy requires a modest 5W but each IDE hard drive needs up to 15W and a CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD or SCSI hard drive sucks up 25W. Really fast 15,000rpm drives can use as much as 45W each.
Finally, add 5W for every PCI card installed, 20W for the graphics card (rising to 50W for a high-end GeForce) and 7W for every 128Mb of RAM. If you've installed extra cooling fans, don't forget to allow 3-5W for them, too.
gives u all a idea for psu buying if u need to
thought i woiuld add this for u all
The mobo itself takes up between 15 to 30 watts. To that, you must add the load from your processor. A 700MHz Celeron takes 21W, rising to 33W for a 1GHz PIII and 55W for a P4. Athlons are the hungriest though, requiring 70W.
Now factor in all your hard drives. The floppy requires a modest 5W but each IDE hard drive needs up to 15W and a CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD or SCSI hard drive sucks up 25W. Really fast 15,000rpm drives can use as much as 45W each.
Finally, add 5W for every PCI card installed, 20W for the graphics card (rising to 50W for a high-end GeForce) and 7W for every 128Mb of RAM. If you've installed extra cooling fans, don't forget to allow 3-5W for them, too.
gives u all a idea for psu buying if u need to
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