PSU for 2500+?

[brit]

It's time for me to upgrade my XP2100+.

I was thinking of the XP2500+ 333Mhz FSB, 512Kb Cache.
(I am not looking to empty the bank on this one.)

Someone told me that I would need at least a 425 watt PSU?
I do have a reasonably powerful system and a number of external devices.

The PSU I have is 400 Watt (quite a cheap one though)

Is this sufficient or do I have to buy a new PSU in which case I will not bother all together?


My system: http://www.anandtech.com/myanandtech.html?member=128079

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[Flinx]

<A HREF="http://www.fluminum.com/spec/athlo-xp-dat.html" target="_new">http://www.fluminum.com/spec/athlo-xp-dat.html</A>

______________________XP2100+ ___ XP2500+
Max Thermal Power __(w): __ 62 ________ 68.3
Typical Thermal Power (w):__ 55.9 _______ 53.7

Look like you might need an additional 6.8 Watts at Max Usage. If your rig, which I can't find, is that close to the edge of ur power supply needs then u'll need to get one but I doubt it.

<A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=361277#361277" target="_new"> why ur Video won't run </A>

The way people tell if their PSU's are underpowered:

Stick in a CD. If your CPU fan slows down considerably then you need a bigger better PSU. Look in the <b> "Other" </b> category where they tend to talk about PSU's.




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