PSU Advice

[Colder02]

Hi, i was wondering what psu to use for my future setup which is arriving tomorrow:

Microstar K7N2 Delta-IL Socket A Motherboard
128Mb GeForce FX5200 AGP8x Graphics Card
512mb pc2100 (may upgrade more to 1gb)
Athlon 2400+xp
and some case fans but havent decide what yet

Any advice on what power supply to use??

You'd better get 350+Watts PSU from a quality maker ... Enermax, Antec and Aopen make solid reliable PSU.

Regards

[Kooges]

Agreed. I just built an AMD 2000 Machine, and one thing I've learned from responses to my posts's here, is that typically AMD's run a bit warmer than Intel for whatever reason, so when you do use the superior AMD processors, the fans and PSU are important.

Goodlucks

[jmebonner]

Are you going to be oveclocking? If so you'll need a better heat sink and fan than comes standard with the 2400 also. Kenkun is right about the branded psus. What's the price range you're looking to stay in?

[Colder02]

not sure about overclocking yet so maybe not.i got £20-30 to spend on a psu

[oolunchbox]

I've never had any problems with the 2 cheapo PSUs that've come with my cases but a few (6) months ago i upgraded form an Athlon 650 to a nice XP2200 and decided to get a "good" PSU jsut to be safe, i scored an Antec 400w Smartpower from CompUSA for around $45 and i've been nothing but happy... Antec makes good stuff and they're pretty inexpensive. I've also heard great thing about PC Power & Cooling supplies though i dont know how they price

[jmebonner]

As far as the o/c goes, you can always get another cooler later so no biggie. Good luck in the search.

[Colder02]

i think im going to buy a 400w psu