Enough juice from PSU?

[Triolent]

Hey all, I've got a question here that needs an answer, or at least an opinion.

I am starting to put together a mid-end HTPC, and here are a few of the parts I have:

VIA P4MA Pro motherboard with a Celeron 1.7GHz and 256MB PC2100 so far.
I will most likely incorporate 2 HDD's, one for OS and one for files and junk. Optical drive, TV Tuner given.

Do you think I could throw it all in this Codegen case, even though it only touts 200W?
I'll probably have a GF3 or 5200 in the system as well.
Any experience with this case and/or PSU?

Thanks

 

[MontyAC]

It might work. Try your system with that power supply.

 

[Vertigo Acid]

My gut tells me that you'll probably be fine, but for the amount that you could spend $27 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-104-979&catalog=58&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0 on a 300w Forton PSU, you'll be much happier in the long run.

 

[Triolent]

Originally posted by Vertigo Acid
My gut tells me that you'll probably be fine, but for the amount that you could spend $27 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-104-979&catalog=58&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0 on a 300w Forton PSU, you'll be much happier in the long run.

I won't have any problem if I go with the standard ATX PSU and case, but this case has it's own PSU included, and I think that's even smaller (or different at least) than mATX PSUs. The low-profile case is kinda what I'm after here.

 

[tdg]

You're fine. My setup is a XP 2800+, Radeon 9800Pro, 2 sticks of 512mb PC3200, dual 7200RPM hd's, CD-RW, etc, and the UPS shows 230 watts being drawn with the computer running, and with power supplies having about 70% efficiency, the entire systems using less than 175 watts.