Adam,
You are probably just fine with your PS as is. I have a newly upgraded MB,
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe with XP2500, gig o ram, All in Wonder 9600, 3UW SCSI
10,000 RPM hard drives, two IDE 7200 drives, a SCSI CD burner and a SCSI
CD-ROM all on a 350W PS. Granted it is a PC Power and Cooling Turbo Cool
350, but it doesn't blink, EVER. It is now, hummm, six years old? Just to
see what they recommend go to www.pcpowercooling.com and run their selector.
I also have an old Dell dual Xeon all SCSI workstation that has four SCSI
drives in it that runs off Dell's 250W supply. I guess Dell is notorious for
small power supplies but it gives me no trouble. Quality is much more
important than watts in power supplies.

Brad Loomis
San Miguel, CA

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I am preparing to add an ATI 9800Pro video card to my pc (unless one of you
would argue the BFG 5900 Ultra Overclocked card would be better).  I spoke
with the individuals at my local PC store and they suggested I might need to
upgrade the power supply.  Here are my current specs, including power
supply.
I think I have included all items that would tax the power supply in some
way, shape, or form.

From what you see, do any of you think I need the upgrade?  How will I be
able to tell?  Will it just not power up, will I ruin a component?

When I bough the case, I paid the extra $$$ over the el cheapo cases at NEW
EGG because the salesman indicated the power supply included w/ this case
was a quality item, not a piece of dook.  Any insight would be appreciated.
If you need more details, please let me know.

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