RE: [MLUG] Determining Power Supply Size

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Sorry, thought you meant Uninterruptable Power Supply..
I think you might get by with a 300, baring any major peripherals, extra
drives, etc.  I think you'll be much more satisfied with a 400 though.  Best
bet for finding out what bare minimum is - look at the back of an emachine
and add 50 watts.

> The reason I'm asking this is because  I have to build a new computer
> system for my parents, and case costs seem to have gone up for some
> reason. The last time I bought a case, I got a screwless one 
> with a 400
> watt power supply for $50. I'm having problems finding an ATX 
> case in the
> Kansas City area with a decent power supply for under $70.
> 
> The system I'm building will have an AMD Athlon XP 15000, 128 
> MB PC2700
> DDR  RAM, 40 GB Drive, and an AGP video card. I can't see this needing
> more than 300 watts, but I'm thinking that 400 watts is a nice safey
> buffer. I guess I'll just have to tell my dad to suck it up 
> and buy the
> more expensive power supply.
> 
> Regards,
> Neil
> 
> 
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