John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sun Jan 16 14:10:39 CST 2005
Yea, a 430 is a pretty safe bet I'd think. Sounds like a nice system. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of James Moss Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 2:56 PM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] DDR Power requirements John, I understand that and that's why I use Antec power supplies and cases. If you are running all of that on an Antec 350 watt ps, then I should be safe with the Antec 430 watt with my Neo2 Platinum, ATI Radeon 9200SE, 6 case fans, 4 Raptors, Sony DVD burner, 4 gb DDR400 OCZ ram, AMD 64 939 pin 3500 90nm which uses about 20 watts less than the 13 micron CPU's. The floppy drive will be removed when the RAID is up and running. I never go over the top with video cards on systems because my systems aren't used for gaming so that would be a waste. I do have an Antec 550 that will be installed when the RMA is turned around. I feel OK about loading Windows Server after hearing what you are running on an Antec 350. Thanks, Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 10:07 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] DDR Power requirements James, One thing you need to understand is that all manufacturers are not created equal. I use Antec supplies because they are a very good manufacturer and if they say X amps on a rail, it will do that. Having said that, I have several systems running an Athlon64 3+g processor, 3 gb (3 one gig sticks) RAM, 6 hard disk drives, a floppy, a CDRom and a video card. In fact the video card is one thing you MUST be aware of, the high end cards require enough juice that they may actually require an extra connector to the board (and a bigger supply). The "highest end" card I have is an ATI 9800 which is not a particularly high consumption board. I run these systems on Antec 350 watt supplies. In summary, if you suspect that you need a lot of current buy a name brand power supply, and then go for the 400w, 450w or whatever. Do NOT think that a $35 500w PS is going to cut it. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of James Moss Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:52 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [dba-Tech] DDR Power requirements Thanks, Stuart. Now I'm really confused. I just sent an email to the manufacturer, hopefully they can shed some light on the subject. I'm assembling a system into an Antec Performance series case that has a 430 watt power supply along with an Antec 550 watt power supply as a replacement for the 430. I swapped out the power supplies and didn't notice that I received an EPS power supply instead of the ATX until I tried to plug into the motherboard. I have RMA'ed the power supply but don't want to wait to fire the system up. To err on the side of caution, I will just remove 2 gigs of ram and maybe 2 of the raptors before firing it up. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 6:07 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] DDR Power requirements On 15 Jan 2005 at 15:01, James Moss wrote: > Does anyone know the power requirements of 1gb of DDR400, or how to > calculate watts required without having tons of information? > Tricky. Take a look at http://www.overclockers.com/articles696/ -- Stuart _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com