PSU Question

cookjei

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Jun 25, 2003
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How do you know when you need more wattage out of a PSU? The PSU I have now is a 400w and I have 7 fans hooked to it as well as a coolermaster cpu fan. This configuration occupies every single molex connector and I even went out and bought Y cables to try and get juice to everything. But when I turn the computer on, I get no power from the optical drives or the hard drive. And 5 out of the 7 fans work. Do I need more power? Is 400W not enough?

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