PSU Wattage

[markgaskell007]

I was wondering about the wattage on my PSU? i currently have a 1.4ghz AMD Athlon, 512mb ram, Asus AGP V7700 Pro Deluxe Graphics Card. Seperate Cd Writer and a seperate Cd rom and i'm running Windows ME. I heard that the PSUs can sometimes over work themselves with a fast chip and crash. I was wondering whether i should change my wattage? It is currently 250Watt. Please Reply Many Thanks.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by markgaskell007 on 06/17/02 10:11 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[buddry]

It is something you should consider, especially if you upgrade to a newer graphics card. But if your system is stable, then don't worry about it until its not.

That is a nice <b><font color=green>Garbage Can</font color=green></b> you have there!

 

[Arrow]

More power is always better, just for the extra leeway.

Rob
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[ejsmith2]

"But if your system is stable, then don't worry about it until its not"

I totally agree.

But a 250w psu with a 1.4ghz tbird and a Geforce2?!?!?!

Dude. I think *there's* a Guiness Book entry.

Have you got that PSU overclocked, or what?