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Answer» G'day, G'day,I have an old Compaq that has a 165W with a 1 x 12 connector. They're from a different era when most power was being pulled from the +5V rail. You would probably have to have one custom built from a 24-pin. You could query PC Power and COOLING...they might have something. What are you trying to do with that old-timer to require so much power ?Well i'm not sure if I really need the extra power but i'm running: 1XFloppy 1X6GB Drive 1XCD-Rom Drive 1XDVD Burner 1XGeforce 2 64mb Video card (PCI) 1X2ch Sound card (PCI) 1XUSB 2.0 Card (PCI) - Running 2 External drives and 1XHollywood PLUS card (PCI) I'm actually thinking about taking out the Hollywood plus card scince I don't watch dvd's on my PC, its really only there because my system alone can't play DVD's smoothly. I'd really only like to upgrade the power supply because I've upgraded just about everything else on the board, including the CPU (500mhz thanks Tomshardware) and RAM (256MB) Let me know what you think -Mattyour power supply runs a AT style power supply.. that has been out of date for quite some time now. ATX is the standard these days. i have never seen anything above a 300w AT PSU, but, your lil 200w should do fine in your system. as a note, you may want to consider a new computer.. most systems run at about 2.0ghz these days, which is 2000mhz, mine is currently running at 2666mhz, however, GX1_Man here in the forums runs an antique dell for his computer, so you might be fine with 500mhz..Yep ok I wont worry bout the power supply now, and I dont use my computer for much these days I'm doin fine with just 500mhz. Thanks -MattI agree with Dead_Reckon. You'll open a can of worms trying to upgrade that PS and the gain will be nil for your rig. 500 MHz is still viable for basic functionality. I am typing this on a PIII 500 MHz machine (165w) It runs XP extremely well with its 512MB memory. If you're running XP, 256 will work but 512 works much better. I also picked up more speed (and silence) with a modern 80GB HD. Original was an 8GB Big Foot that sounded like an adding machine ! <----------- Not my only one, but..... Quote as a note, you may want to consider a new computer.. most systems run at about 2.0ghz these days, which is 2000mhz, mine is currently running at 2666mhz, however, [highlight]GX1_Man here in the forums runs an antique dell for his computer, so you might be fine with 500mhz.[/highlight]. You could look at the below site.You'll find you have a good enough power supply. http://www.journeysystems.com/power_supply_calculator.php If you'll notice 450-1000 mhz CPU uses the same 26 watts. |
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