aznblueeboi

Hey everyone...I know im new and I've hung out on forums before so I searched for all the info first.

Anyway, I used http://www.mymp3car.com/mp3car/PSUpower.asp wattage calculator and I'm at about 128 watts of power consumption (112 without a DVD rom). Another site I found put me at 238, but adding the numbers myself tell me that I need 168 watts of power.

I plan to run the following setup
Iwill KA266
Athlon T-Bird 1GHz
256 DDR Ram
Geforce 2 MX 32MB
SB live 5.1
7200 3.5" HD
7 fans and some usb devices...

I'm a little skeptical as to whether or not the OPUS 150 will run all this, but I also know that the wattage calculator output the maximum draw of each part. I think I'll be ok, but could anyone verify this for me? Thanks a lot!

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arkadiyp

-7 fans may be a bit of an overkill.
-For usb you can always go with a powered hub, so you won't be draining the computer.
-If you are planning to buy these parts and are not reusing the old ones, switch for Atholon XP-M, they draw less. Also you will reduce power consumption by much if you switch to laptop hdd.

aznblueeboi

im just running 3 input and 3 output and one fan on the core...

i do plan to run a usb hub

i know that the mobiles draw less but the chip was free so i think im going to crank down the volts in bios...

but will the opus run it? im gonna try an inverter setup first...

thanks!

Banderon

I'd never seen that calculator thing before. It never even occured to me to search for one. What a good idea!

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