06-01-2009, 01:59 PM
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Running a Dual Core with a 300watt PSU?
I am wanting to upgrade my computer with a new CPU and Motherboard.
I am going to go super cheap considering I am going to get a somewhat beastly laptop soon. I am thinking- Intel E1400 2.0 = 44.99 Gigabyte GA-631-ES2 Intel G31 = 52.99 Kingston 2GB Ram = 24.99 I have the case, Drives, and power supply. The Reason why I posted is because I am going to try and use my old 300watt power supply from my old 1.8 P4. I already have a 20 to 24 pin converter I got from somewhere. Would the E1400 Kill the 300watt power supply? I only need it to run for a little bit until I get a better power supply since my funds are super short. I won't be doing any gaming since I will be running the onboard graphics for a while. What do you guys think? |
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06-01-2009, 02:06 PM
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Re: Running a Dual Core with a 300watt PSU?
First of all, go with this. The celeron dc's are a waste of money IMO.
And your 300 Watt from your P4 system will run all this fine.  You CAN do some light gaming with your onboard graphics.
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06-01-2009, 03:24 PM
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Re: Running a Dual Core with a 300watt PSU?
This will kill the crap out of that E1400.
7750 $60 Foxconn 780V $55 + ~$7 shipping (was for me the last time I got it anyways) A-Data 2GB DDR2-800 $29 Total: $151 Looks like that 300W PSU will do fine as well. You can use this if you want.
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06-01-2009, 05:09 PM
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06-02-2009, 08:02 AM
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Re: Running a Dual Core with a 300watt PSU?
Sweet looks good to me! It will be a really nice upgrade from the 1.8p4 and 512mb ram. Eventually I will need to get a new PSU though, since I do want to play some games with it later in life. I have already had a really old 200w psu burn up on me once. I was lucky to save my computer.
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