Power issue?

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Dark Assassin

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I'm kind of constructing a crap box out of old parts from other systems and I need a power supply. I'm thinking about ordering a Sparkle 250Watt.

My only concern is a possible power problem. Would 250 Watts be safe for 2 old hard drives, an optical drive, an Athlon T-bird, a floppy drive, and a Riva TNT2 4x AGP video card?

I'm thinking that I'm pushing the threshold, but I'm looking for the opinion of others.

Dark Assassin
 
You *should* be fine, especially since sparkle makes it. I'm assuming the 2 hard drives aren't SCSI. My only concern is that t-birds still run of the 5v rail for CPU power, so you want to make sure that the PSU has a powerful enough 5v rail
 
Actually, this motherboard does not use the 5V port for the T-bird. Solely powered by the 12 Volt connector.

And no, the hard drives and optical drives are all a nice, easy IDE.

Dark Assassin
 
Originally posted by Dark Assassin
Actually, this motherboard does not use the 5V port for the T-bird. Solely powered by the 12 Volt connector.

And no, the hard drives and optical drives are all a nice, easy IDE.

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If it's a newer mobo that uses 12v for CPU, why still have a t-bird in it?! 1.8 applebred durons are only $42 at newegg
 
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