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From: Gdareos on 29 Jun 2008 12:21
On the ASUS website, there's a PSU calculator, but it doesn't work. It
always recommends 0 watts when I select all the options describing my
cpu, number of drives, etc.

http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PSCalculator.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

Is there another utility on the WEB to calculate a recommended power
supply wattage?

Thanks for any referral.
From: Andy Burns on 29 Jun 2008 12:31
On 29/06/2008 17:21, Gdareos wrote:

> On the ASUS website, there's a PSU calculator, but it doesn't work.

It doesn't appear to like firefox, works in IE6 for me.
From: Paul on 29 Jun 2008 14:45
Andy Burns wrote:
> On 29/06/2008 17:21, Gdareos wrote:
>
>> On the ASUS website, there's a PSU calculator, but it doesn't work.
>
> It doesn't appear to like firefox, works in IE6 for me.

A couple of the Asus pages are like that - they work in IE6 but
not in Firefox.

In any case, you're not missing anything. The Asus web page, rounds
to the nearest 50 watts, so tells you the power is 50W, 100W, 150W,
200W etc. And when it decides to switch from one value to the next,
does not inspire my confidence.

For selecting a power supply, what you also want to know, is total
amperes on heavily loaded rails, like the 12V rail.

There is only one online power calculator that I liked, and the
web site has been shut for several years. An ideal power calculator
web site, should offer a spreadsheet output display, showing what
all component values for the power are. This allows verification
of assumptions.

Paul
From: scrooge on 29 Jun 2008 22:24
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:21:35 -0500, Gdareos
<gDareos_at_la_louisiane.com> wrote:

>On the ASUS website, there's a PSU calculator, but it doesn't work. It
>always recommends 0 watts when I select all the options describing my
>cpu, number of drives, etc.
>
>http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PSCalculator.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
>
>Is there another utility on the WEB to calculate a recommended power
>supply wattage?
>
>Thanks for any referral.

Would you want to buy less than a 750 watt power supply these days ?


From: Rob C. on 29 Jun 2008 21:28
Gdareos wrote:
> On the ASUS website, there's a PSU calculator, but it doesn't work. It
> always recommends 0 watts when I select all the options describing my
> cpu, number of drives, etc.
>
> http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PSCalculator.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
>
> Is there another utility on the WEB to calculate a recommended power
> supply wattage?
>
> Thanks for any referral.

I've been using this one as of late. It's Mozilla/Firefox
friendly and let's you model different scenarios.

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/powercalc.jsp
Rob C.
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