Attention all SIS lowers!

[Hpar_]

I would also add to that a decent battery power backup that can handle your hardware. pcpowerandcooling.com is suppose to make decent power supplies but they want lots of money for them and they aren now made in china or something. I had a 300 watt power supply from pcpowerandcooling that died on me right before the warrenty ran out. now I am using the "POWMAX LP-6100x" 300 watt atx power supply. it works great so far.

[Nowhere]

I'm running this system for over a yera just fine.
Maybe it's got something to do with brand of the psu - enlight.

[GNEP]

250 should be fine IFF:

-you have a good PSU (even some 450W-ers don't deliver the same stability that a good 250W does)

-you don't have one of the most recent graphics cards.

[Technoid]

Originally posted by GNEP
250 should be fine IFF:

-you have a good PSU (even some 450W-ers don't deliver the same stability that a good 250W does)

-you don't have one of the most recent graphics cards.

Uhm, yeah, right

IF there is 3 mondays in the same week as there is a pink full moon your 250w will become a 450w

Yeah, right

thing is that usualy the PSU wont blow instantly it just slowly destroys the caps on your mobo.....(sometimes the PSU burns out instantly but that is rare)
can take everything between a month and a year, but one morning the computer is DEAD

Seen it to many times even when the PSU's has been "high quality 250w"

[GNEP]

The point was more "I've seen too many REALLY CRAPPY 450(!?)W PSUs - they are NOT what they claim to be...

[Dr Mordrid]

Which is why you never buy really crappy 450 (or 250) watt PSU's

Dr. Mordrid

[GNEP]

Indeed

[rugger]

Originally posted by Technoid

thing is that usualy the PSU wont blow instantly it just slowly destroys the caps on your mobo.....(sometimes the PSU burns out instantly but that is rare)
can take everything between a month and a year, but one morning the computer is DEAD

Seen it to many times even when the PSU's has been "high quality 250w"

Have you been reading the abit conspiracy board.

Abit's line "we didn't put crap capacitors on our boards .... ummmm, its your power supplies that are blowing them up"

Of course a high quality 250W power supply can run an undemanding athlon system, I was doing it for several months. Its a good idea to have a bigger one if you have other demanding components, like multiple hard drives or/and a high end video card.

[Technoid]

Originally posted by rugger
Have you been reading the abit conspiracy board.

Abit's line "we didn't put crap capacitors on our boards .... ummmm, its your power supplies that are blowing them up"

Of course a high quality 250W power supply can run an undemanding athlon system, [B]I was doing it for several months./B] Its a good idea to have a bigger one if you have other demanding components, like multiple hard drives or/and a high end video card. [

hehe, nope, I have not been reading those boards, abit mobos blew whaterev PSU

Sure it worked for you, for some months and you had a "high quality" 250w BUT most people dont(usualy they continue to use the one from thir old P3 'puter), they just think they have a High quality and when the board goes "POOF" they go "whine scream bitch"

So its becuase of that , I DON'T recomed saying "a 250 is alright" whatewer "IF"'s are atatched to it

[Nowhere]

even if sys is with one hdd, cdrom, g400...and that's about sums it up?

[Technoid]

sigh.....
in almost all cases they did not load up the computer with stuff, they had one hdd, cdrom, and a vidcard..... get the picture ?

[Nowhere]

Actually, and a soundcard. And two devices powered via usb.
I just haven't mentioned them because I think those are rather smalls

But it works with two hdd's without a problem as well (when somebody brings another).

Anyway, it isn't bad if I just don't need more, isn't it?

edit: Besides IF some problems will occur I can always throttle back AXP1700+ to 1100 MHz (and perhaps lower voltage as well then) - that's still plenty of power for my needs. (I am thinking about doing this even without any problems - for silence)
Which reminds me: which board of the three I've mentioned earlier allows that?

[raku]

i found a new review of that asrock board btw:

http://www.digital-daily.com/motherboard/asrock-vs-soltek/

[Nowhere]

The bigger northbridge heatsink worries me a little regarding zalman.
DentyCracker, can you, by looking at the photo of it perhaps, guess if it'll still fit?

[DentyCracker]

The base of the Zalman is not any bigger than any other HSF really. I don't see why it should be a problem. I can't be arsed to open my case right now though, but I'm pretty sure the northbridge doesn't factor in..