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Old 22-02-2008, 06:18 AM   #16 (permalink) Top
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A single 18A +12V rail is fine for Socket A and Socket 478 Pentium systems with AGP. If you're running PCIe, the bare minimum you should look at would provide 25A, but ideally at least 30A.

Antec, Corsair, Seasonic, Thermaltake (specifically the Toughpower line), Enermax, FSP/Fortron/Sparkle, XClio, Silverstone, OCZ, PC Power & Cooling...those are brands you're gonna look at.

As already mentioned, don't go cheap on your power supply. That's the starting point of your components health and stability, so it's not the place to skimp.

The Corsair VX 450 and 550, TX650 or HX520/620 are some excellent units, and usually run around $100 or less here in the US. The HX units are modular, so you can remove cabling you don't use. That's something to consider to help keep your cabling neater.
Thanks, when I upgrade my gpu next I will have to get a new power supply.The pentium dual-core actually uses less than a socket 478 cpu, so I don't see that as a problem, and my gpu is also an agp card.

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Took some new case pictures. The gpu is tempory for the moment (x1650 broke) (it looks more sexy with the flash off)


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Very nice i like it, well done, i see you have a new PSU installed
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