[geeks] ATX cases

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at yahoo.com
Sun Dec 22 21:05:47 CST 2002


--- Kurt Huhn <kurt at k-huhn.com> wrote:
> Rick Hamell <hamellr at heorot.1nova.com> wrote:

> > 	P4 needs more juice, so it has a bigger wattage power
> > supply. Usually 300 or 350 watts.

> So a dual P3 would need...?  Would getting a 350w or 400w board be
> overkill, make no difference, or just enough?
> 
> (somewhat x86 dumb here...:)

Check the manual, run the numbers (volts x amps) - it is that simple...

Of course, you may want to round up, esp. if you plan on loading up old
HDs, say...

HTH,


=====
Lionel

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