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Zhentar · 08-12-2003, 02:26 PM

I have to disagree with you airspirit.

Lets take some examples from SPCR.

3.06 P4; Radeon 9800; DVD+RW,etc, under heavy load the 300W PSU started to have some coil whine.

How about the P4 2.53 at 2.85 with a Geforce4 4600, 300W PSU no problem.

Or 1.33 ghz T-bird, Radeon 9700, once again 300W PSU no problem.

I think the 8rda+ draws CPU power from the 5v, but that 250W one will probably have enough power. If the mobo uses 12v for the CPU power, the 250W should handle that without a problem; assuming its a good PSU.

08-12-2003, 02:26 PM	#8
Zhentar Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 225	I have to disagree with you airspirit. Lets take some examples from SPCR. 3.06 P4; Radeon 9800; DVD+RW,etc, under heavy load the 300W PSU started to have some coil whine. How about the P4 2.53 at 2.85 with a Geforce4 4600, 300W PSU no problem. Or 1.33 ghz T-bird, Radeon 9700, once again 300W PSU no problem. I think the 8rda+ draws CPU power from the 5v, but that 250W one will probably have enough power. If the mobo uses 12v for the CPU power, the 250W should handle that without a problem; assuming its a good PSU.