Can my power supply run my Athlon64?

CyberData4

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I just got my Ahtlon64 3000+ today. However, I won't be installing it until monday. I was told to make sure my power suplly is compatible with an Athlon 64.....problem is I have no way of telling if my PSU is compatible.

I have a 350watt PSU. Is that enough to run the chip? Or is something else required?

I currently have running:
Athlon XP 2400+
1 Gig PC2100 DDR (2x256, 1x512)
80GB HD
120GB HD
Ati 128Mb Radeon 9800 Pro
Asus A7N8X Deluxe (Ver 2.0)
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Atolsammeek

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It should run it alright. 300 to 350 watt power supply seem to be the standard. But the thing is it depends on how much stuff you run. Like me 4 hard drive 2 cdrw drives. And pritty much all my slots full. I opted to Get something bigger. And it was cheap at the time. 600 watt. But I ran my computer on 300 watt.

Amd 1800 with 1.5gb of ram gf4 450 sound blaster audio 2 plat 2 7.1 speakers and two 80 gigs and one 160 gig and one 200 gig hard drive and tv card and Netgear, And Pci Ide. Dimond Stealth for the extra monitor.
 

gothitbycar

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The only thing you have to make sure for it to be compatible is an aux power connector. I was shorty running my system on a cheapo 330 watt psu with no major problems until I could get out to get an Antec trupower 430.

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CyberData4

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To the last poster, how do I make sure that it is compatible with an "aux power connector"? I ahve no clue what that is or where to check to see if it's compatible.

Im going to be upgrading to a Asus K8V Deluxe mobo, Athlon64 3000+, and 2x512 PC3200 DDR.

Also, anyone else that can help me with this....please :(
 

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It's a the ATX12V connector. Some older powersupplies may not have this.

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If it's a good brand PSU then you'll probably be fine (e.g. Antec, Enermax, Fortron Source) but if it's some cheap generic thing then it's borderline.

I believe the 'Aux Power connector' he's referring to is the small 4-pin plug which plugs into P4 boards (and a few AMD ones) in addition to the much larger standard ATX Power plug. Although I wasn't aware they were required for A64s. They were introduced with the Pentium 4 as part of it's official specs because Intel didn't feel they could get enough juice from just the one plug, and like I said, a few AthlonXP mobos do use them nowadays, though most don't.

If you need to buy a new PSU, a Fortron Source 350W model is an excellent buy for the price, as it actually peaks above 400W IIRC, and costs a little over 1/2 what a 400+W Enermax would.

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