How do I maximize my power

[HippeyBosnian]

Well I had a lot of resets with my system

AMD XP 1700+
ECS KTS5A (SiS 735 Chipset)
512MB PC2100
MSI Geforce4 ti4200 128MB
SB Live Value

and someone suggested my 300W PSU was not enough. Well I removed one of my case fans (which was plugged directly into the motherboard) and the reset problem went away.

Great right?? Well then I figured I'd try overclocking my Geforce4. ONly the restarts came back. So fine, I return the G4 speed back to normal, only the resets stayed.

I am now forced to downlock my CPU to 1.1GHZ only to keep it stable. Yes I need a new PSU right??

Well how come it worked before without the fan and normal speed and now it needs to be downlocked as well?? How can I maximize the output of my 300W supply while I scrounge up some loose change to buy a new PSU??

Anything I can unplug/downclock that isn't as important as a CPU/Geforce4/Ram??

Thanks in advance.

 

[arjan de lumens]

Other than CPU/GPU/RAM, the components that draw the most power are normally the hard disk and the cdrom drive. You are probably stuck as far as the hard disk is concerned - there may be programs that can slow down the cdrom drive for you.

Edit: read your other threads - the cdrom drive thingy may not help that much in 3dmark2001, as it obviously doesn't use it for anything.

 

[Tahir2]

er followin from arjans post

does anyone know of any generic HD utils to make the drive quieter? seen an intel chipset one

need one for me maxtor hd / sis chipset

searched both sites and found nothing