ComputingAng
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I have a question about the wattage on ATX PSUs. I have read several different forums on different computer related websites. I keep seeing posts related to different problems where the Wattage on the PSU is brought up. I have an ATX 250W PSU and I bought my system peice by peice and put it together myself several months ago. My original MB gave out on me a few months ago. My fiance sprayed the inside of my computer with canned air and it booted a few more times after that and finally it quit responding. I did all the troubleshooting, such as taking out the MB and putting it on a non-static surface with only the Video, RAM, and CPU. I bought a new MB last month and everything is running fine thus far. When I was looking on ABIT's forums, I seen postings about the wattage on the PSU and how if you have too little wattage or too much damage can occur to your system.
Could someone enlighten me on the Wattage of PSUs and when it matters? Also, do I need to get a different PSU for this system?
My system specs:
AMD Athalon XP 2500+ 1.83GHz
333 mhz FSB
2 512mb offbrand PCI 2700 RAM w/Dual Channeling Enabled
NF7-S ABIT MB w/NForce2 Ultra400 + MCP-T Raid disabled
AOPEN ATX Tower w/250W PSU
GeForce4 MX 440 w/AGP8x PCI
Creative SOundBlaster Live 5.1
WD 80GB Ultra ATA w/8MB Cache
WD 20GB Ultra ATA
SONY DVD/CDRW combo drive
Could someone enlighten me on the Wattage of PSUs and when it matters? Also, do I need to get a different PSU for this system?
My system specs:
AMD Athalon XP 2500+ 1.83GHz
333 mhz FSB
2 512mb offbrand PCI 2700 RAM w/Dual Channeling Enabled
NF7-S ABIT MB w/NForce2 Ultra400 + MCP-T Raid disabled
AOPEN ATX Tower w/250W PSU
GeForce4 MX 440 w/AGP8x PCI
Creative SOundBlaster Live 5.1
WD 80GB Ultra ATA w/8MB Cache
WD 20GB Ultra ATA
SONY DVD/CDRW combo drive