First post, by Speed King
I have a few spare parts around and I am thinking of putting together the following build:
Pentium III-S 1.4GHz (Tualatin)
SOLTEK SL-65KV2-T (VIA Apollo Pro 133T)
ATI Rage Fury MAXX 64MB
2x 3Dfx Voodoo 2 1000s in SLI
Sound Blaster Live Platinum with Live Drive
Sound Blaster AWE64 Value with SIMMConn (16MB)
320GB Seagate IDE HDD
LG SATA DVD burner (only optical I have spare)
Sil 3114 PCI SATA Card (to power the optical drive)
SMC USB 10Mbit Ethernet (Out of PCI slots)
I am not sure if it will work but why not give it a go. I figure I will get a cheap case as I have done in the past but I never skimp on PSU quality and prefer Seasonic. I am tossing up between the SS-300SFD which is SFX standard but can do 20A on 3.3v or 28A on 5v, but 125w combined 3.3v and 5v, or the Seasonic SSP-350GT but it has a higher output at 350w but only 99w combined on 3.3v and 5v. I do know older hardware favors the 3.3v and 5v rails compared to today's hardware that likes the 12v rails so modern PSUs are now designed for lower output on the 3.3v and 5v rails, but how much is required to power this rig? Previous builds I used S12-II 520w power supplies with 130w on the 3.3 and 5v combined and had no issues, but I cannot get them locally at the moment. Could I get by with the SSP-350GT with only 99w, or am I better off using the SS-300SFD hoping that it will fit in an ATX case?