[wplug] Since we're off topic

[John Harrold]

Sometime in February Bill Moran assaulted the keyboard and produced:

| Brandon Kuczenski wrote:
| >>>did that from day 1, I figured it was some sort of *feature* but now I 
| >>>don't think so anymore.
| >>
| >>	And what kind of CPU do you have in this? Anything over 800Mhz, 
| >>your 300-watt power supply, is just not going to cut it.
| >
| >Well, it's an Athlon 2000.  What would you recommend?
| 
| I think this is a little over-dramatic.  I've seen a lot of modern
| (1600gh+) computers run just dandy off 300 watt supplies.  My brother's
| is a Athlon XP2000 and it's using a 300 watt without problem.  Burns
| CDs just fine as well.

i have to agree with don on this one. i've seen 300 watt power supplies
push systems (> 1ghz) with no trouble. for example penguin computing, which
in my expirence makes solid systems, is selling dual opterons with
350 watt power supplies:

http://www.penguincomputing.com/store/altus-1000E.php

now if you have 8 hard disks in your computer, you'll probably want a
larger power supply. you really should consider the power draw of the
different pieces in your computer to determine what it is you need.

this page breaks down the different cpu's:

http://www.ezresult.com/article/CPU_power_consumption

when you figure out your wattage requirements, you can always buy what amd
suggests:

http://tinyurl.com/2sa39



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