Re: eMachines power supply
300W should be reliable enough if there aren't extra hard drives & other power-suckers or hot, dusty conditions.
I don't have any proof yet, but I think that my power-supply problems were caused by plugging the computer into a circuit that had a GFCI breaker in the panel. I don't think it was the fault of eMachines.
Have you been shopping with my FIL?bpp said:Question for Nords, I think.
I just picked up a new eMachines computer (to replace our 8-year-old Win98 home machine...) and then noticed that that seems to be a brand with which Nords has extensive experience. The power supply is 300 W. Is that enough, or should I plan on it dying soon? There is a card modem that I could remove to save on a little bit of power, but it does not seem a very heavily loaded machine. (DVD/CD-R, hard disk, multi-card reader, no graphics card, and about 300 USB ports which, however, would only be connected to things with their own power.)
But it actually runs OpenOffice in real-time! Yay!
300W should be reliable enough if there aren't extra hard drives & other power-suckers or hot, dusty conditions.
I don't have any proof yet, but I think that my power-supply problems were caused by plugging the computer into a circuit that had a GFCI breaker in the panel. I don't think it was the fault of eMachines.