On Tuesday 23 May 2006 00:38, Peter wrote: > On Mon, 22 May 2006 17:18:04 -0400, Samuel Baldwin wrote: > > I'm planning on buying a 300GB HD from maxtor for my next primary HD. > > It's a "Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive - > > OEM" > > Great! > > I have a 200G primary and 80G secondary drive. Both IDE. > > Here are my comments. > > Well, I would up your PS to at least 400 Watts. Not that the drive would > use it, but most newer CPUs need at least 400. > > no, p4 need a lot of current, and big gpu's. But for most people a GOOD 360W PSU will work fine.
The watt printed on the package does not say anything about the quality of the PSU or its maximum 'combined' output. So if you tell him to buy a 400W PSU is like telling someone to buy a '2000ccm (2 Liter) car'. There are lots of cars with 2liter engines. And a lot of them are crap ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
