Power Supply/Fans

[[KreatoR]]

I was wondering if I could get some advise on what Power Supply and Cooling Fans to get with my new machine:

InWin S500 ATX Mid Tower Case
AMD® Athlon™ 1900+ 1.6G 266MHz FSB CPU
Cooler Master AMD Approved Heatsink and Fan
MSI KT3 Ultra Mainboard
256MB PC2100 DDR (1X 256MB)
60G Western Digital 7200 RPM ATA/100 Hard Drive
LEADTEK G4 Ti4200 64mb Vid Card
Lite On 52x CD-ROM
Lite On 40X/12X/48X CD-RW Drive with Nero Software
TRENDnet 10/100 PCI Network Card
Altec Lansing AVS500 4 Speakers with Subwoofer
CreativeLabs Soundblaster LIVE! 5.1
Logitech Internet Keyboard with Armrest

Thnx!

[Reid]

I put an Antec True 480 (http://www.antec-inc.com/p_true480.html) in my 1800+ system to allow for a possible future CPU upgrade and to make sure it has more than enough capacity for the current configuration. I have one 80mm fan in the front blowing in and one on the back blowing out. It could use some more airflow, so I may add a slot fan rather than modify the case.

[[KreatoR]]

Actually I might get a 1600+ XP AMD CPU... Would a 350w be enough???

heres the one I am looking at for $57 @ Newegg.com:

ENERMAX EG365P-VE(FC). 350W Power supply for AMD K7 & Pentium4. Fan on/off controlled by M/B ~ Real "Sleeping Mode" support. Meet AMD K7 and Intel 2.03 Version. Dual cooling fan design : 9cm fan intake heat, 8cm exhaust hot air. Gold-coated terminals for high performance and faint resistance improvement. Fan speed monitoring by M/B - Ball bearing fan with Thermal Control function. Cable Tube Tied for neatness. Elegant gold-coated fan guards. Retail box.
PIC: http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=17-103-409-01.JPG/17-103-409-02.JPG

It got really good customer reviews!

Tell me what u think!

thnx

[ranchdog]

ENERMAX is a bad word around here. Ask
iisbob about the one he had. When
it blew his cat had his claws buried in the
ceiling. Hehehe.

Personally I don't like them either. The +5V
leg is weak and this is where the CPU draws
it's source. The one I had the +5V leg would
only run at something like 4.70.

PSU mfg's are allowed +/- .5% of spec's. This
I disagree with.

Don't look for a warranty card when you open
the box as there won't be one.

I use the PowerMax 500 Watt PSU. The +5V leg
is rated at 50A and the +3.3V leg is rated at
30A. While in use both of these remain right
up where they belong.

Fans.... Panaflo is top of the line.

The Coolermaster HSF that comes with a retail
boxed AMD CPU leaves something to be desired.
Something like the ThermalTake AX-7 is needed
for the XP processor.


RD.