i have a sony vaio with the following stats:
1.5 GHz Intel Pentium 4
256 MB SDRAM, upgraded to 512
60 GB Hard Disk
CD-RW: 40x (read), 16x (write), 10x (rewrite); DVD-ROM: 16x;
and i have also added a nic, and santa cruz sound card.
from looking around i think my psu is about 270W, but I am now planning on adding a 200g hard drive, and a radeon 9600 all-in-wonder.
im going to have to move all my stuff to a new case, since the sony psu is propietary, and i've heard a standard psu will touch other components in this case. but, i was wondering, how many watts should my new power supply be, and what are some good brands. i have looked over these baords and seen a lot of people complain about cheap psu's messing things up, and i also saw a post that says too many watts can be a problem too. any help would be appreciated. thanks.
1.5 GHz Intel Pentium 4
256 MB SDRAM, upgraded to 512
60 GB Hard Disk
CD-RW: 40x (read), 16x (write), 10x (rewrite); DVD-ROM: 16x;
and i have also added a nic, and santa cruz sound card.
from looking around i think my psu is about 270W, but I am now planning on adding a 200g hard drive, and a radeon 9600 all-in-wonder.
im going to have to move all my stuff to a new case, since the sony psu is propietary, and i've heard a standard psu will touch other components in this case. but, i was wondering, how many watts should my new power supply be, and what are some good brands. i have looked over these baords and seen a lot of people complain about cheap psu's messing things up, and i also saw a post that says too many watts can be a problem too. any help would be appreciated. thanks.