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Old 03-26-2006, 10:28 PM   #1
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What would you all say would be plenty of wattage for a simple AMD 3700, 6600GT, 5 case fans, and a gig of ram? 430 enough?? Thanks!!!
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yea 430 is fine
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Old 03-27-2006, 12:05 AM   #3
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Great thats what I ordered. I had a 550W that was bad and need a replacement.
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Yeah, its going to be fine.
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I would say nothing under 350, but you would definetely want a 400.
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You won't have any problems with a PSU that size, as long as you don't have like 20 hard drives
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