How much power is enough??

punabutta8251 · Rated PG Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Posts: 3

Can someone tell me how my system has been running pretty good these 2 yrs. I have a Compaq presario 6370US P4 2.53 533 fsb FIC VG31 mobo 2 sticks of 512 Centon 2100 ATI 9600 XT 128MB SB Audigy 2 ZS running ATI 5.2 on a stock 150 or maybe 200 watt psu. I just webb surf and play Halo CE, Far Cry, HL2 and BFV at medium or higher settings, and its crashed maybe 2 times in these 2 yrs. Oh forgot Samsung 120 GB HD, 40x10x40 cdrw,16x DVD ROM and standard no name floppy periferals HP 3320 printer, Thrustmaster afterburner joystick, mx510 mouse. There, typical low end system, but shouldn't I be having psu problems or are they coming as it ages?

Just lucky? and I'll be praying it stays healthy.

vulcan · Posted: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 13:50:07 Post Subject:

you got that running on a 200w psu? I think that might qualify for a record - i couldn't get a similar system running a 250w a while back!

HackaX0rus · Posted: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 16:10:09 Post Subject:

i got a similar pc running on a 300Watt...i made my grandma a small form factor pc and the case came with a 300watt psu.