Building My First Desktop Pc

spintight · Aug 11, 2006, 07:50 AM

Hello all,
I was just planning to build my first "home made" pc. The basic question is this? will a 30 watt power source run a system well enough?
I have been looking around and www.newegg.com seems to be the place that has exceptional prices on everything I would need.
I really enjoy their reviews on items they sell there and have gotten some good ideas from them, however I have this question.
I found a nice low cost tower that comes with a 300 watt power source. It is highly rated and they claim the power source is of good quality unlike most towers that come with a power source.
I don't plan to have any LED lights or anything like that but I do plan to install the 2 extra fans I is capable of holding, an extra 80 mm and 120 mm fan to the tower to get maximum cooling.
I plan to use a gigabyte micro motherboard they sell for $50 that is very highly rated. It has the AGP but I don't care much about this as I can get a ATI 256 AGP card there for about $45 which is awesome. I am planning to a P4 with HT 531 chip that has a 800 fsb and use a gig of DDR2 533 on the board.
Again this is what I plan to use and my main question is this.
Is 300 watts a big enough power source to run this system with no glitches?
Thanks
Dave

**temeteus82** · Aug 11, 2006, 07:54 AM

Hi there and welcome to DH!
The 300W PSU might bee enough to bee safe I recommend you to get 400W – 500W PSU for your system.

HawgsHead · Aug 11, 2006, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by spintight

Hello all,
I was just planning to build my first "home made" pc. The basic question is this? will a 30 watt power source run a system well enough?
I have been looking around and www.newegg.com seems to be the place that has exceptional prices on everything I would need.
I really enjoy their reviews on items they sell there and have gotten some good ideas from them, however I have this question.
I found a nice low cost tower that comes with a 300 watt power source. It is highly rated and they claim the power source is of good quality unlike most towers that come with a power source.
I don't plan to have any LED lights or anything like that but I do plan to install the 2 extra fans I is capable of holding, an extra 80 mm and 120 mm fan to the tower to get maximum cooling.
I plan to use a gigabyte micro motherboard they sell for $50 that is very highly rated. It has the AGP but I don't care much about this as I can get a ATI 256 AGP card there for about $45 which is awesome. I am planning to a P4 with HT 531 chip that has a 800 fsb and use a gig of DDR2 533 on the board.
Again this is what I plan to use and my main question is this.
Is 300 watts a big enough power source to run this system with no glitches?
Thanks
Dave

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Aug 11, 2006, 07:50 AM	#1
spintight DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Building My First Desktop Pc Hello all, I was just planning to build my first "home made" pc. The basic question is this? will a 30 watt power source run a system well enough? I have been looking around and www.newegg.com seems to be the place that has exceptional prices on everything I would need. I really enjoy their reviews on items they sell there and have gotten some good ideas from them, however I have this question. I found a nice low cost tower that comes with a 300 watt power source. It is highly rated and they claim the power source is of good quality unlike most towers that come with a power source. I don't plan to have any LED lights or anything like that but I do plan to install the 2 extra fans I is capable of holding, an extra 80 mm and 120 mm fan to the tower to get maximum cooling. I plan to use a gigabyte micro motherboard they sell for $50 that is very highly rated. It has the AGP but I don't care much about this as I can get a ATI 256 AGP card there for about $45 which is awesome. I am planning to a P4 with HT 531 chip that has a 800 fsb and use a gig of DDR2 533 on the board. Again this is what I plan to use and my main question is this. Is 300 watts a big enough power source to run this system with no glitches? Thanks Dave Last edited by spintight; Aug 11, 2006 at 07:51 AM. Reason: more detail