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2bzy4ne1 · November 17th, 2002, 19:40

Is 300W enough to power an AMD Athlon XP 2100+ system? :confused:

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**Kane** · November 17th, 2002, 19:46

300W rated output, yes.

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**Demigod** · November 17th, 2002, 19:46

Yes, it should be. But power usage doesn't depend on the CPU alone. Other devices in the computer also use power and the power requirements depend on what kind of devices you have and how many. Generally 300W should be enough for a standard computer.

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campi · November 17th, 2002, 19:56

I think athlon xp 2100+ consumes around 25W, I have a 300w power supply and it works fine with my config: athlon 1.3, 60gb hdd + 40 gb hdd (these are seperate, not partitions), teac rw, lg dvd rom, my monitor is not connected to computers power supply it is in a seperate jack in my UPS

and everything works fine, so yes 300W is enough for a solid configuration (note I didn't count my DVB card, sound card, video card but they all have some influence in power consuming but not as the components I mentioned)

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November 18th, 2002, 08:40

2bzy4ne1, just make sure that your new power supply is AMD rated and certified. If you do that, you should be okay. I had a 250 Watt power supply (AMD rated and certified) runing my AMD XP 1700+ CPU, GF4 TI 4600 video card, Sound Blaster Audigy sound card, two HDs, plus a DVD/CD drive and a CD-R/RW drive. I had no problems w/it at all. When I upgraded to an XP 2000+ CPU, I up graded my power supply to a 350 Watt (again, AMD rated and certified). Everything is running smoothly.
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November 17th, 2002, 19:46	#2
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,303	300W rated output, yes. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

November 17th, 2002, 19:46	#3
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 6,332	Yes, it should be. But power usage doesn't depend on the CPU alone. Other devices in the computer also use power and the power requirements depend on what kind of devices you have and how many. Generally 300W should be enough for a standard computer. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 4096 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 120 GB OCZ RevoDrive PCI-E SSD & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) PSU: Nexus 1000 Watt PSU OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) Proud millionaire folder of the NGEmu folding team

November 17th, 2002, 19:56	#4
campi Sa.Te.BoLi.RaCkU.ba Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in between Posts: 645	I think athlon xp 2100+ consumes around 25W, I have a 300w power supply and it works fine with my config: athlon 1.3, 60gb hdd + 40 gb hdd (these are seperate, not partitions), teac rw, lg dvd rom, my monitor is not connected to computers power supply it is in a seperate jack in my UPS and everything works fine, so yes 300W is enough for a solid configuration (note I didn't count my DVB card, sound card, video card but they all have some influence in power consuming but not as the components I mentioned) __________________ The One And Only <<\|\|_Sa Te BoLi RaCkU ba_\|\|>>

November 18th, 2002, 08:40	#5
sxamiga Guest Posts: n/a	2bzy4ne1, just make sure that your new power supply is AMD rated and certified. If you do that, you should be okay. I had a 250 Watt power supply (AMD rated and certified) runing my AMD XP 1700+ CPU, GF4 TI 4600 video card, Sound Blaster Audigy sound card, two HDs, plus a DVD/CD drive and a CD-R/RW drive. I had no problems w/it at all. When I upgraded to an XP 2000+ CPU, I up graded my power supply to a 350 Watt (again, AMD rated and certified). Everything is running smoothly. sincerely, sx/amiga