250w p/s for athlon xp system?

[matthew13l]

I'm building a computer for my dad. It's gonna have:

athlon xp1600
256mb ddr2100
-(1) cd-rom drive
-(1) floppy drive
-(1) 20gb hd
-Integrated video, sound, and lan
-dial-up modem

Will a 250 watt power supply be enough? He wont be adding any peripherals either. He's an internet & office programs user, but he kinda likes grand theft auto 3, so i may give him my old voodoo4500 32mb video card. he's 43 and likes gta3. i find that funny.

thanks guys

[BlackTruckRyder]

IMHO get at least a 300 watt.:t

[rangeral]

Whats so funny about that I'm 53 playing nhl 98 on a network at a shop, medal of honor and wolfenstein for personal use.

Sorry but I'm taking offense at that, **** whippersnapper. :D And while I'm at it why not give him at least a gf3, pop deserves a little better.

I got a black truck too, 85' full size blazer with a manual stick.

[gjimene2]

yea a 300-350 would benice, especially because you don't know what else you might want to put in next.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

350W to be safe ;)

--Jakk:t

[omega31]

At least 300 watts, and pop in a gf3 as rangeral recommended. He'll thank you for it. Don't go cheap on your old man.

[Strawbs]

Nobody ever plans to upgrade ...until the newest bestest games are released and the newest bestest Video cards are needed to run them.

300-350!

[Giblet Plus!]

Hate to say this, but that 250 watt might work with that setup. Probably not if you use the GF3, though.

I built this setup:

xp1800
Asus nforce motherboard
256 mb ddr2100
40 GB IBM 7200 rpm HD
32x burner
floppy
modem

for a friend at church to use for internet/typing

on a 180 watt psu included with an extremely small micro atx case, and she hasn't had any problems yet.

Although my system:

xp2000, gf ti4200, kt333, 256mb ddr2700, 16x dvd and 20x burner

didn't work properly on a cheap 300 watt psu, but works fine on a good 420. :)

BUT - Only try the 250 if you already have it. Otherwise, get at least a 350 from Antec, Vantec, Enermax, Sparkle or some other good company.