psu

[valo1030]

question:..i would like to replace my power supply unit, but since i have an HP i'm told that you can only get a new one from HP, since off the shelf psu's wont fit, etc. right now  my psu is 250w...want to go to ay least 400w, due to all the upgrades made to my original unit...my specs; 2.6 cpu, radeon 9800xt 256, 2gig of ram and additional fan cooling.  why cant i somehow bypass the original 250w unit in the case with an external so i can use  after psu  any thoughts or info on this subject would be much appreciated.......keep em flyin

[Dan]

Measure one up yourself. HP may be trying to con you out of your money.....
Dan

[Fozzer]

Can you take your old PSU out, take it to your local Computer Retail shop and ask their advice...?
The physical size, fixing holes and plugs have to exactly match your original PSU.. ...!
By the way, with my spec below, I had to get a 550Watt, dual fan, power supply for cool running, reliability and stability... ...!

Cheers...!

Paul.

[Dan]

Looks at siggy:

Medium size weener*

Oh! I wondered what the purpose of that was!!

[Fozzer]

[quote]Looks at siggy:


Oh! I wondered what the purpose of that was!!

[Gixer]

Buy a descent one too, dont get a cheap nasty one!

I got an Antec Truepower 480w and have quite a high end machine (Not AMD64 though  :'()  Never have any stability probs etc all runs just fine  ;D Gonna be even better when my 6800u turns up! Im gonna be able to see proper clouds in FS9  ;D

My Spec

K7N2 Delta ILSR
1gig Corsair XMS PC3200 timings at 5.2.2.2
XP2800+ Barton @2255MHz
GF4-Ti4600 128ddr    Manages to get me 12595 on 3dMarks01  ;D
80gig HDD
52x CD-rom
CDRW-combo thingy Plextor i think

[Dan]

Its better than mine!
PIII 500MHZ, 128SDRAM, Riva TNT2 Pro

[Brett_Henderson]

New cases with power-supplies aren't much more expensive than just a power-supply..

Go that route and just swap ALL the hardware over..

[valo1030]

ok guys, thanx...you are all correct...no biggie whatso ever..replaced my psu with a 430w "true power"...btw..anyone out there ...if you recently upgraded to a super vid card, such as ati9800 series, or nvidea etc,keep in mind that standard 250 w is ng...need to upgrade...again ...thanx

[Pinchaser...]

if its an ATX case, any  ATX PS should fit.