You need a power supply that will carry all the loads from
the motherboard and CPU plus the RAM and each drive, plus
the add-in cards, USB ports and anything else you connect to
the computer, plus a little reserve.
A 250 Watt PSU will overheat if you try to make it deliver
250 Watts 100% of the time and a 450 Watt unit will run just
fine delivering 250 Watts 24/7/365.

Use the power calculators to find the minimum size you need
and then get a size bigger. Buy a name brand.


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"ryan" wrote in message
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|I have a P4 2.26 gigahertz proc. and was wondering what
kind of
| recommendation for a power supply I should get.
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| I'm not looking to overclock and or anything heavy. I'm
confused when it
| comes to dual fans and voltages.
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| Any help would be appreciated.
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