Hi Guys,

I would like to know what is the minimum power that an Intel Pentium would need to run stable and so forth for an AMD Athlon Processor.

I know the more power available the more stable the server, but i am just wanting to know what is the minimum amount of wattage for both processor formats.

With another 2 hard drives in the same case.

I have a box running only a 240w powersupply, but im pretty sure they say 300+ for Pentiums.

Mind you its been a while since i dealt with hardware and things are always changing

of course, that depends on the speed of the processor, what type of video you are running on it (APG chews power like the cookie monster), how many drives you have attached and if there are any other pci cards etc. also if you go with a mobile processor, you will need less power.

i run some mini-itx servers that use an amd 1Ghz cpu and it runs fine on a 60w psu with a hdd and dvd-rom...so the question is relevant to the hardware

The older style P4 chips use less power than the current Prescott core CPU's. The prescotts run hotter as well. Thats socket 478? i think.

Socket 778 (whatever the newest ones are, im not good with socket numbers), run hotter, and chew more power yet again.

Most suggest 300 - 450 watts for a standard PC based system, but if you are not going to run graphics cards, you can probably get away with approx 200 watts for an older style P4, 250 for a Prescott, or 300 for one of the latest P4's.

Add about 30-50 watts per Hard drive as well as a rule of thumb.

-Sean.

The new AMD Athlon64 x2 series use much less power than Intel P4's, only need around 90W. Compared to 130 Watts for the P4 3.2GHz.