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Luminescent
14-Sep-2002, 16:10
It may be speculation, but would the antec tru550w power supply be sufficient to power a system with 3 or 4 drives, 2 pci cards, a radeon 9700pro, high quality ddr ram and a hammer-series processor with mobo?

I would like to know if I could purchase this power supply for my current system and have it be future-proof.

arjan de lumens
14-Sep-2002, 22:07
Hammer processors, being based on the Athlon core, are expected to draw about the same amount of power as present-day high-end Athlons (~60-70W per processor). A 550W power supply is more than enough to feed two Athlons in otherwise heavily loaded systems, and so should be able to feed even dual Sledgehammers just fine.