Thread: 150 enough power?

Check the power calculator sticky at the top of the forums and tell us.

Yes!

yes

A reply from Opus on a queation of my system:

Our 150W should have no problem driving the load you have listed.
Kris

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert
To: 'Info - OPUS'
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 12:19 PM
Subject: RE: 150 Watt SFX DC-DC Vehicle Power Supply for ATX compatible with P4?


Will the Opus DC-DC 150Watt ATX PSU be able to run the following system?

- Gigabyte GA-8PE667 Ultra 2
- Intel Pentium 4 2.26GHz FSB533
- Twinmos 2x512MB DDR400 SDRAM
- Gigabyte GV-R9000 Pro II
- Western Digital JB1200 HDD
- XENARC 700TSV™ 7" TFT LCD Monitor w/ VGA & Touch Screen
- DVD/CD-RW drive
- IR reciever


Robert

I wonder if Kris ever says no...

Originally posted by tejesh83
I wonder if Kris ever says no...

I doubt it that he is lying. Many peoply over here already bought his product. If I buy one and it'isn't able to give me the power I need, I could make a "NON_BUY advice" on many forums. I believe him.

Sorry if I gave the wrong impression. Kris doesn't lie and is very professional. If you're not happy with the purchase, he gives you 30days to return it. If you need any troubleshooting help, he is very knowledgable.

My carputer install went less than smoothly. When I started having problems, I assumed it was the puny 150W PSU that was causing problems or atl summer heat. I gave Kris a call. He reassured me the OPUS was more than upto the challenge and from his installs, heat should not be a problem either. He gave me a few recommendation, but said if I still couldn't figure it out, he would be happy to take a look at the entire system for me. Turns out he was right about the PSU and I eventually found the problem.

The Opus 150W is excellent! I use it to power my 2.4Ghz P4, 512DDR, DVD Rom, 7200RPM HD, Xenarc 700TSV, Radeon Graphics, Audigy II, and a few usb devices.

But, I wonder how much it can actually handle.

Originally posted by tejesh83
Sorry if I gave the wrong impression. Kris doesn't lie and is very professional. If you're not happy with the purchase, he gives you 30days to return it. If you need any troubleshooting help, he is very knowledgable.

My carputer install went less than smoothly. When I started having problems, I assumed it was the puny 150W PSU that was causing problems or atl summer heat. I gave Kris a call. He reassured me the OPUS was more than upto the challenge and from his installs, heat should not be a problem either. He gave me a few recommendation, but said if I still couldn't figure it out, he would be happy to take a look at the entire system for me. Turns out he was right about the PSU and I eventually found the problem.

The Opus 150W is excellent! I use it to power my 2.4Ghz P4, 512DDR, DVD Rom, 7200RPM HD, Xenarc 700TSV, Radeon Graphics, Audigy II, and a few usb devices.

But, I wonder how much it can actually handle.

My mistake. I will definently buy one.

Yes, Kris is very knowledgable and friendly. I gave him a call 2 days ago to work out my "squeeling & freezing" issue. For some reason when I add more than 1 PCI card to my system I freeze during bootup. No problems when I reconnect the AC/DC power supply & run it from the house though.

All I currently have installed is my mobo, 1x256MB RAM, 40GB 7200 RPM HD, DVD, Xenarc 7" TS, GeForce 4MMX, SB Live! 5.1, & Copilot GPS (USB, plugged in after bootup). When I try to add my WinTV card or my Wireless NIC the system will show the cursor on a black screen *just* before it boots into windows, the PS will start squeeling & the computer freezes.

The comp. will also squeel & freeze upon bootup if I install the correct video card drivers, so I have to use the default "generic VGA" drivers supplied by microsoft. I'm not sure what the problem is, but it's quite a let down since I can't put everything I wanted to in my system.

Back to Kris though, he says it should power my system and I believe him. So I may be sending the supply back so he can take a look at it. Quite a bummer since I'm using the system as my headunit & will have no radio until the supply gets back. Already installed my old HU in my sisters car.

Phil