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Cyberaxe
07-03-2005, 05:00 PM
Would a good 400W PSU be good for this setup?

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.8Ghz
LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
POWERCOLOR R43A-ND3 Radeon X800 256MB
VIKING 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM
SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series SP1203N 120GB
Sony CD/DVD ROM drive

Plus some LED's and fans.

MrSlacker
07-03-2005, 05:02 PM
depends which 400W PSU? whats your budget for PSU? get OCZ PowerStream. its a great PSU.

Cyberaxe
07-03-2005, 05:30 PM
What about this: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1028624&sku=ULT31590

MrSlacker
07-03-2005, 06:27 PM
stay away from those! they are CRAP!! how much money you got for PSU?

Cyberaxe
07-03-2005, 06:29 PM
maybe 50-60 bucks, I might be able to go for that OCZ modstream that I wanted but it just depends. Would a power supply from a brand new IBM computer work if its 400-500 watts?

MrSlacker
07-03-2005, 06:46 PM
i'd say that you should get a new PSU. get 6600GT so you'll have more money for PSU

427
07-03-2005, 09:35 PM
Ive had great luck with Ultra's 500W PSU in my system, and Im loaded with energy-sucking components

I liiiiike the X-Connects

MrSlacker
07-04-2005, 01:19 PM
x-connect sucks. period.