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04-23-2006, 02:10 AM
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Tower/ power supply question
I had this computer that crapped out on me once.....The motherboard started smoking and the hard drive had problems....what my real concern here is if I should worry about testing the power supply in my case, and also if a regular ATX motherboard would fit in there???? (Case is described as a mid ATX 300 watts) I'm thinking of just throwing in a new motherboard, HDD, CPU, RAM, Video card, DVD-RW drive, but I don't know if the power supply is straight. Any thoughts? Also, it's just better to get newer components, right? I mean, I still have that athlon xp 2000+ cpu and the ram, but am unsure if the components are still good..afterall, that computer did fry......
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04-23-2006, 04:58 AM
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What brand is the case? Generally, power supplies that come with cases are of poor quality (Antec and Enlight notable exceptions), and 300w will struggle to power a modern build well.
A regular ATX motherboard will fit in an ATX case. FK
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