pmistry 0 Posted July 5, 2002 I just installed a new Western Digital 80GB 7200 RPM disk along with a Radeon 8500 LE, the components work fine, but I am wondering if I need a bigger Power Supply. I currently have 250-watts. Before I was running only a 20GB 7200 RPM Maxtor along with a GF2MX. I know the GF2MX wasn't very power hungry but with a Radeon now, I may need more juice. The computer seems stable, but I have had the odd IE window crash, and sometimes the computer stops responding while in Windows or takes a long pause before going on to another operation. Any thoughts on this? Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted July 5, 2002 What hardware are you running this on? Share this post Link to post
pmistry 0 Posted July 6, 2002 AMD Athlon, Asus K7V 512 MB PC133 RAM Western Digital 80GB 7200 RPM LG 52X IDE CD LG 32x/10x/40x IDE CDRW ATI Radeon 8500 LE USB Joystick, USB Lan Realtek 10/100 LAN SB Live PS/2 Keyboard, Serial Mouse Floppy Disk drive Windows XP Pro, Windows 2000 The computer seems to be running just fine now, no lockups or anything. I just installed a case fan, and need to get a USB mouse too. Does anyone know how much power USB devices take? As it is though, I still feel 250 is kinda small, I'll be adding in a 20GB 7200 RPM Maxtor HDD in later as well. Share this post Link to post
CyberGenX 0 Posted July 6, 2002 Minimun 300W on Athlon Machines is the standard, recommended. Do yourself a favor and get a 350W with 2 fans built in. Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted July 6, 2002 I've got a 350W sparkle ATX 2.03PSU running my main rig (see sig link for more details)---works great. Share this post Link to post
