Electrical power for a 164LX ?

[jon norstog]

On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 01:53, Mathieu Millet wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> My electrical power unit for my Alpha has just died (well 24/7 during 7
> years was good enough).
> 
> I would like to replace it and since it is always turned on, I want to
> pruchase a not too big power unit.
> 
> My 164LX is equipped with 384 MB of RAM, two Ethernet network card, a
> UltraWide2 SCSI Card on PCI 64bits and 2 SCSI hard-drive (at 7200RPM).
> 
> Is a 200Watts power unit enough (that's what I had but sometimes I think
> I had drive failure caused by electrical "congestion") ? Should I go
> for a 250Watts unit ? even more ?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any answer.
> Sincerely yours, Mathieu MILLET.
> 
> --
> Mathieu MILLET
> mailto:htam at htam.net
Dear Mathieu, & list:

Power supplies have come down in price. 200 or 250 watts, the difference
will be small, so get the 250, or even more.

I like Enermax for a relatively low-price but ghood quality and quiet
power supply.  They have lots of connectors, too.

good luck

jn