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Old 05-26-2003, 03:37 PM   #13
MonkeyBlitch
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Check what this person wrote on the PSU:

Purchased this PSU a year and a half ago, it has never had any problems. Currently runs the following devices and never falls below rated voltage levels:

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @ 2.12GHz
Asus A7V8X @ 177Mhz FSB
1GB Crucial PC2700 @ 354MHz
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro @ 340/340
16X Lite On DVD-ROM
40x12x48 Lite On CD-RW
(2) 60GB Seagate Barracuda IV HDDs
120GB Seagate Barracuda V 8MB cache HDD
(5) 80mm 2900RPM fans

Voltage levels currently:

+12V = 12.576
+5V = 5.026
=3.3V = 3.392

Do not listen to people who tell you to get 400W+ power supplies. Those are only best used for servers running 6-8 SCSI HDDS and multiple processors. This 350W PSU powers my entire system even with all the overclocking I do and as you can see, voltage levels are above rated. I've used it to power my old 1GHz AMD Thunderbird AXIA @ 1.4GHz and my old AMD Athlon XP 1600+ @ 1.7GHz as well.

If you purchase a 400W+ PSU then you'll be wasting your money for a majority of the wattage will NEVER be used.

Is this true?
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