Posted by Sithspawn on 12, 2001 at 1:46 PM:
In Reply to: Building PC question (power supplies) posted by Mengy on 12, 2001 at 1:11 PM:
Hi,
Well I think I can help you. As far as the power supply you will need at least a 300w. The reason I say this is because some of the new ATX MB's require you to have a certain amount of voltage for the machine to even boot. Check the requirements in your MB manual before you buy a supply. If you pick up a good quality 300w you should be fine on the startup voltage.
As for Tiger direct, I haven't gotten anything from them but a friend of mine has. He had no problems with them and the tech support seems to be mostly competent.
Hope this helps
-Sith
: I plan on building an Athlon 800 with a Shuttle AI61 mainboard, a Leadtek Geforce2 MX DHpro w/TV-out, 128 MB RAM, and a basic soundblaster card. My question is what size power supply will I need? I can't find anything on the web to clue me in on this, does anyone know of a site that can help me?
: On a side note, anyone here ever order PC parts from Tiger-direct? I am planning on getting the Athlon/MB combo from there, has anyone had any experience with them?