Will it catch on fire?

[klyph]

So my new motherboard recommends a 300W power supply, and the one I have is a 250W.
Can I use it?
What's the worst that could happen?

 

[posol]

just don't run a lot of accessories.

if you have 2 dvd drives and 2 hard drives, you should have 300+.

worse that can happen is that your devices will not receive the power they need to operate fully. windows will go "oh noes!" and turn blue.

 

[klyph]

So, If I run 1 DVD drive, and 1 Hard Drive, I should be cool?

 

[posol]

yeah, i wouldn't see an issue with it...
provided you don't have a stupidcharged video card either

 

[jeffie7]

Why not buy a new powersupply? 400watt PS can be hand for under 50 bucks. just look around.

 

[klyph]

Here's how it went. I got a GeForce 7800 GT for $80, then realized it was PCI express and had to buy a new motherboard. Then i got the motherboard and had to get DDR2 ram. Finally I realized I ordered the wrong CPU socket type, so I bought a new CPU. At this point my $80 graphics card turned into a money pit that i don't wanna dig any deeper. So I'm runnin what i got. It works, I'm making this post on it right now.

 

[reikoshea]

wow.....your kind of a candidate for dell if thats the story.

blue screen or a blue flash out the back of the psu are about the worst things that could happen.

 

[phyregod]

Might lock up once in a while during heavy useage. Shouldnt damage anything though.

 

[klyph]

ugh my graphics card says it's limiting performance due to insufficient power. Damn it all.

O yeah, fuck Dell.

 

[801CRX]

^^^lol