Another Power supply question

**04scooby** · 02-13-2005, 06:49 PM

I am new to this forum but only after reading for a few days I have pretty much weighed my options and have made a decision. Though I am not new to building computers, building one for a car takes a little more thought.

My computer will consist of the following components.
ABIT "VA-20" VIA KM400A
Zalman NP Heatpipe HDD Cooler
Samsung 160GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
SAMSUNG 16X DVD Drive Black
Proxim ORiNOCO 11b Wireless (802.11b) LAN PCI Adapter
AMD Athlon MP 2800+
Corsair Value Select 512MB
Dynatron DC1206BM-L CPU HSF
Triple fans Cooler(modded to case for airflow)

using the power calculators that were posted I come up with 164W total power. I was looking t using a Opus 150W since it seemed the easy to use and install. I was just wondering if I should go for a different PSU since my total watts are more that the Opus is rated, or use it since the not all the devices will be using max power all the time.

Suggestions or comments are welcome

thanks for helping a n00b

**atow** · 06-01-2005, 11:30 AM

sorry to not answer your question, but i just scrapped an Athlon MP Dual machine at work, and I'm left with a bad mobo and 2 1.2ish athlon MP processors. can i use a standard atx/micro-atx mobo with the athlons instead of getting one of the "mini-itx" VIA board/processor combos? i am having the same problems getting my total wattage below the target 150w (for the Opus 150 system). let me know if you have any luck. your system sounds similar to what i'm going for
a.tow
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