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  1. 06-18-2002, 06:33 PM #1
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    Power Supply bigger than 431 watts for single cpu system?

    Ok, so apparently I have a power shortage. my system reboots after about 10 min of using it. when I disconnected 2 hard drives, it stopped. so apparently it's a power problem.

    I currently have a 431 watt Enermax power supply and I'm shocked that 431 watts isn't enough for my system.
    although if you look at my sig, I have 4 hard drives and 2 cdroms, so those must eat a lot, not to mention all those fans on my case. . .

    are there any power supplies above 431 watts for single cpu systems? the ones that I saw were for 2+ processor motherboards only.
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    I think you have more than enough power, you may just have a bad PSU. Maybe it is overheating. Check the fans to make sure they are running.

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    you can get up to 500+ I believe on a few psu's. Or you could use 2 psu's

    But I highly doubt it has anything to do with not enough power

    by the way, 4 hard drive for 250 gigs? Holy crap, what are you storing on your PC

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    Are you overclocking anything?? They do make bigger PS's but its hard to believe that could be the problem.
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    Re: Power Supply bigger than 431 watts for single cpu system?

    Originally posted by IntelSux
    Ok, so apparently I have a power shortage. my system reboots after about 10 min of using it. when I disconnected 2 hard drives, it stopped. so apparently it's a power problem.

    I currently have a 431 watt Enermax power supply and I'm shocked that 431 watts isn't enough for my system.
    although if you look at my sig, I have 4 hard drives and 2 cdroms, so those must eat a lot, not to mention all those fans on my case. . .

    are there any power supplies above 431 watts for single cpu systems? the ones that I saw were for 2+ processor motherboards only.
    Hmm. This doesn't really look like the power is too little. 431 Watts is a lot of power, even for a system like yours.

    Might just be going bad. Try an Antec 400 Watter.
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