Unless you are using the recent 2500 mhz cpus and a recent high
performance video card, you are way overpowered. The devices you mention
draw under 20 watts under power. The video card and CPU I mentioned draw
>50 or even >70 when running flat out. Did I mention a substantial audio
amplifier on a card ($>100) under the hood, too?)

You will pay more, and continue to pay more in electricity and air
conditioning costs. There will NEVER be a time when even all the devices
you mention are running at once. 

You need a QUALITY 300 watt PS, at most. 


said Harry, stirred by:
     "Don{ald} O. Woodall"'s message of:
     Tuesday 17 Jan 06 at 05:43 AM,
     On: [OS2HW] Antec NeoPower 480
     [echoed below, at least in part]

--------
Hello All You Poor Conductors

     Do you think 480 Watts is enough to get the job done?

            2 CD-ROM drives
            1 CDR drive
            1 DVD DRIVE
            1 Tape drive
            1 Smart Card - USB port connector(?)
            2 3 1/2" Floppy drives
            2 200GB PATA hard drives
            1 motherboard
     to start with.

     OK, it is looking like the Antec Neopower 480 is the power supply
I was drooling over back in March.

     Does anyone have any experience with one of these?

     I surfed on over to Antec's web page, but did not get a clear
picture of the Neopower 480 setup.

     They have 2 different Neopower 480 models.  They also have a dozen
different power lead models.

     It is not al all clear to me what one actually gets when they buy
a power supply.

     Also, the power supply leads length were given in cm, not inches,
so I was not sure I was on the correct page.

     Guess I need to take this slow and easy until I can rest up from
an exerting(?) weekend of painting and assimilate the info here.

     Thanks





HPT
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