I just purchases some (BUDGET) upgrades (mentioned in a thread below) and have one other question about a Power Supply.
My new Mobo needs a 24Pin power Supply to it.
Intel Pentium D 915 Processor (2.8ghz, 4 megs cache, 800mhz fsb). I will likely attempt to give it a mild - moderate over clocking.
My current Power Supply has a 20 Pin cable for the Mobo, and a seperate P-4 4 pin. It claims to be 400 Watts. I can clearly see the specs and will post specific amperage and voltage if requested.
I do not want to have my old power supply hold me back from obtaining performance, and deffinately to not want it to limit the life span of my hard ware (not sure if thats realistic or not).
I am trying to keep costs down, but know that if I am better off spending the money I will do so.
Should I purchase a new PSU?
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...7&sku=ULT31845
The price of this one seems reasonable. Would this be a good choice for my needs? (My computer does lots of multitasking, but no MAJOR work or gaming).
I am open any suggestions of course.
Also my next hard drive will be an SATA Hdd. I do not currently have an power for an SATA drive. Also I currently have a 30 gig Drive (windows) and a 120WD with 8 meg cache for storage. I will be purchasing another hard drive in the distant future.
Is it possibly for me to use my current PSU to power my current fans and drives, and a new PSU to similtaniously power the mainboard and eventually SATA devices?
I am sure I could easily solder up connections to make them power on similtaniously, but I thought I should check incase this is a BAD idea (or un-nescisary).
ALSO I have addequit space for 2 PSU's in my case and can easily install both (and allow proper ventilation)
Thanks for the help :)
Matty