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<blockquote data-quote="Mars Warrior" data-source="post: 39784" data-attributes="member: 10351">Grrrrrrrrrrrrr :evil:&nbsp; :evil:&nbsp; :evil: Well, if I check my PC with ThrottleWatch, my A64 only needs about 30% CPU @800Mhz while watching TV, but I agree that listening to music takes much more: 50-70% CPU @1800Mhz.So Yes, you've got a point about the average CPU load and thus power draw while using MP...This is a very good point which I completely overlooked. An idling drive or seeking drive takes 8-13W, but spinning up can take as much as 25W, so Yes, this might be a problem while booting the system: It probably won't be able to boot at all...Well, I'm stuck with the case, so a big, normal ATX PSU won't be a solution for me. There are however very small <a href="http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.13/it.A/id.417/.f" target="_blank">120W</a> and <a href="http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.13/it.A/id.300/.f" target="_blank">200W</a> ATX supplies but the external power bricks don't go well over 120W.I think however that this will be enough for this system. A fast Pentium-M based system (with 3.5 Harddisk and DVD writer) takes, according to a test by Tom's Hardware 37W in idle mode and 50W under full load. Of course an A64 system does take a bit more, but I don't think that will be more than 60W-80W under full load.This again does NOT take into account the point you made about startup power draws, but I guess/hope that using an 120W powersupply should give enough headroom (about 40W) to be used for powering up the harddrive and other components...The problem is one can hardly find anything on this point on the internet, except for Pentium M based systems, so it still might be a close call if this really will work...That's wy I hoped that someone could say: YES this configuration does the job!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mars Warrior, post: 39784, member: 10351"] Grrrrrrrrrrrrr :evil: :evil: :evil: Well, if I check my PC with ThrottleWatch, my A64 only needs about 30% CPU @800Mhz while watching TV, but I agree that listening to music takes much more: 50-70% CPU @1800Mhz. So Yes, you've got a point about the average CPU load and thus power draw while using MP... This is a very good point which I completely overlooked. An idling drive or seeking drive takes 8-13W, but spinning up can take as much as 25W, so Yes, this might be a problem while booting the system: It probably won't be able to boot at all... Well, I'm stuck with the case, so a big, normal ATX PSU won't be a solution for me. There are however very small [url=http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.13/it.A/id.417/.f]120W[/url] and [url=http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.13/it.A/id.300/.f]200W[/url] ATX supplies but the external power bricks don't go well over 120W. I think however that this will be enough for this system. A fast Pentium-M based system (with 3.5 Harddisk and DVD writer) takes, according to a test by Tom's Hardware 37W in idle mode and 50W under full load. Of course an A64 system does take a bit more, but I don't think that will be more than 60W-80W under full load. This again does NOT take into account the point you made about startup power draws, but I guess/hope that using an 120W powersupply should give enough headroom (about 40W) to be used for powering up the harddrive and other components... The problem is one can hardly find anything on this point on the internet, except for Pentium M based systems, so it still might be a close call if this really will work... That's wy I hoped that someone could say: YES this configuration does the job! [/QUOTE]

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