Power Supply Upgrade for an Athlon XP

[Guest]

Hello, I own an old Pentium III 866 & i'm using
a 300W ATX standard power supply (6 months old).

I going to buy an Athlon XP 1800 + Soltek 75DRV2,
& i've a question:

Can i use my 300W power supply with this mobo & cpu ?
Should i upgrade to a new case with a new power supply ?

Very Thanks

 

[camieabz]

Best to try it and find out.

There's a lot of people beleive a 300W supply can take it. With many added cards and devices I figure 350 is nearer the mark, but I used a 400W for one I made, just to make sure.

Again, try it. If it works you haven't wasted any money.

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[Guest]

I purchased a PC case with 300W power supply. I'm running 4 PC case fans, Volcano 7 heatsink fan and a Soyo Dragon Plus card reader. It's working fine, knock on woods.

 

[svol]

AMD recommends atleast a 300W, so you should be fine unless you have a lot of HDs and CDROMs.

My case has so many fans that it hovers above the ground .

 

[bdaley]

From what I've read and seen personally, the quality of the PS matters as much or more than the wattage. I'm running an XP 1700+, 2 7200 RPM hard drives, a CD burner, DVD ROM, GF2MX400, sound card, 2 NICs on a quality Antec 300W with no problems.

If your 300 watter is good quality, you probably shouldn't have any problems.

Trying it is the only way to know.

Good Luck.

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