First post, by PowerPie5000
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My 200W Seasonic PSU is now showing it's age and the fan is getting louder under load... I just looked at the specs and they are laughable! It's done a good job so far, but i feel it's getting too stressed now.
+3.3V = 14A
+5V = 20A
+12V = 8A
I've decided to buy another case for my retro rig and it comes with a new Suntek 300W PSU with better specs than the Seasonic unit:
+3.3V = 22A
+5V = 30A
+12V = 17A
... I'm guessing the Suntek PSU will be more than sufficient for powering the following system:
Slot-1 PIII 850MHz (coppermine)
Intel SE440BX-2 mobo
384Mb Kingston PC133 SDRAM (3 x 128Mb running at 100MHz)
64Mb Asus V8170 Geforce 4 MX440 AGP GPU
40Gb Maxtor IDE HDD
Yamaha PCI sound card
Pioneer IDE DVD drive
*Will be getting a PCI IDE controller card soon too (ATA 100)
I know PIII systems usually rely more on the +5V and +3.3V rails, so a high output is not needed on the +12V rail (correct me if i'm wrong?).