Power suply question, will this be enuff?

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2005/12/14 01:33:26 (permalink)

Power suply question, will this be enuff?

Hey guys i just ordered an i-star case with what was supposed to be a 460 watt power suply, but what i got was a 300W. Will this be enuff for a stable recording enviornment. Using the athlon 4400 dual core on a asus a8v deluxe with 2 gigs of ram and 2 to 3 hard drives?
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    Trankonia
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    RE: Power suply question, will this be enuff? 2005/12/14 02:06:05 (permalink)
    Doubtful. You will probably have numerous instability issues with the low of a PSU. I mentioned in another thread that ypou really need a minimum of 450 and a good quality PSU at that. I would demand that theycorrect your order if that is what you were told you wpould get. trust me, you will be far better off with a decent PSU.

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    RE: Power suply question, will this be enuff? 2005/12/14 02:11:16 (permalink)
    I wouldn't try it with a 300.
    460 ... ok.

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    walterkween
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    RE: Power suply question, will this be enuff? 2005/12/14 02:12:40 (permalink)
    thats what i feared. I droped them an email tonite and will call in the morning to see what happened. Here's a question tho do you think the stock 460 power suply would be fine or should i look into a better brand?
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    RE: Power suply question, will this be enuff? 2005/12/14 03:56:54 (permalink)
    Hey guys i just ordered an i-star case with what was supposed to be a 460 watt power suply, but what i got was a 300W. Will this be enuff for a stable recording enviornment. Using the athlon 4400 dual core on a asus a8v deluxe with 2 gigs of ram and 2 to 3 hard drives?


    I think it's best you scrap the hole thing and just ship that stuff over to me. That sure does sound a heck of lot of what I'm looking to build right now and I could use a few spare parts like that.

    Seriously though, 460 is about the minimum you want to go. Don't skimp on the power supply, there's no such thing as having too much power when it comes to power supplies, but it sure is the other way around. For my last DAW I bought a tour case, which can house 2 power supplies just in case I needed it.
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    RE: Power suply question, will this be enuff? 2005/12/14 04:59:14 (permalink)
    I use a Silverstone 300W(nominal power) which peaks at 400W,runs fine with 3 Seagates,AMD 3400+,Asus K8N,Delta 66& 2GB Ram.
    You should get what you ordered though,don´t accept an inferior surrogate.

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    RE: Power suply question, will this be enuff? 2005/12/14 08:50:44 (permalink)
    Hey guys i just ordered an i-star case with what was supposed to be a 460 watt power suply, but what i got was a 300W. Will this be enuff for a stable recording enviornment. Using the athlon 4400 dual core on a asus a8v deluxe with 2 gigs of ram and 2 to 3 hard drives?


    I would get a better & bigger supply if you can. You don't want the kind of problems you will have if it isn't up to the task.

    I just picked up a 480W Antec TruePower 2.0 for a similar 4400 X2 A8V Deluxe DAW I'll be building some time after XMAS. The TruePower series supposedly meets the specs on all supply rails simultaneously. So, in theory it's better than some cheap off-brand 600W or 700W suppply that doesn't. It also will control the RPM of up to 2 case fans if I'm remembering correctly. It was $99 at Fry's.
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    RE: Power suply question, will this be enuff? 2005/12/14 11:07:48 (permalink)
    Thanks for this discussion. I'm going to be putting this same system together soon and had this very question. Thanks Guys.

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    lotus
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    RE: Power suply question, will this be enuff? 2005/12/14 11:20:15 (permalink)
    I had gotten a cheap 600 watt off ebay and it would not run my dual 4400, sent it back . but my old antec true blue 480 watt works ok
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    RE: Power suply question, will this be enuff? 2005/12/14 18:37:20 (permalink)
    So i just got off the phone with new egg and they told me they just simply don't have any psu's over 350watts CRAP!!!
    anyway after arguaing with the guy for a couple of minutes he agreed to give me a 25 dollar credit towards a new power suply. Im not satisfied with this but ill deal... So the moral of the story is... Anyone want to buy a 300 watt power suply?
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    RE: Power suply question, will this be enuff? 2005/12/14 18:49:03 (permalink)
    newegg has up to 600 watt power supplys
    http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/Category.asp?Category=32
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    walterkween
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    RE: Power suply question, will this be enuff? 2005/12/14 18:59:22 (permalink)
    yeah i pointed out the antec 550w that i wanted and gave him the item number twice and he said "yeah im not seeing it"
    Maybe someone hates their job but im not going to argue with him about it. Ill just take the credit use it on something else and buy a power suply from my home town. Just a little dissapointed in NE. Ive heard such good things about them.

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    RE: Power suply question, will this be enuff? 2005/12/14 19:02:48 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: eric_peterson

    I just picked up a 480W Antec TruePower 2.0 for a similar 4400 X2 A8V Deluxe DAW I'll be building some time after XMAS. The TruePower series supposedly meets the specs on all supply rails simultaneously. So, in theory it's better than some cheap off-brand 600W or 700W suppply that doesn't. It also will control the RPM of up to 2 case fans if I'm remembering correctly. It was $99 at Fry's.


    I've been using the TruePower supply, and it's been nice. Very quiet & reliable.

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