[mythtv-users] Should I Upgrade Frontend from AMD 3200+ to AMD X2 3800+ (DualCore) ?

[Allen Edwards]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:00 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Jacob Steenhagen <jacob at steenhagen.us>
> wrote:
> > Allen Edwards wrote:
> >> There is a power supply calculator on the ASUS site that will answer
> >> your question directly.
> >>
> http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PSCalculator.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Allen
> > That's a pretty cool little calculator... according to that, I'm exactly
> > where I need to be. Of course, the downside of that is unless I get rid
> > of something I can't add anything else to the system without a new power
> > supply. The system itself is getting quite old and its really stressing
> > about the HD content I'm trying to make it push (combined FE/BE)...
> > heck, when I got my SATA drive I realized that the PS didn't have the
> > connectors for SATA and had to go get an adaptor!
> >
>
> I would not worry about that. From what I see there is at minimum 50%
> extra power factored in.
>
> John
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I agree and in addition I made a small change, about 20 watts, and
the recommendation went from 150 to 250.  I think it factors in what you can
buy and since  you cannot buy a 170 watt supply, they jump to the next one.
 The test if you fail a recommendation is to add the hardware  you propose
and see if it jumps you up or not.  That said, it may also be conservative.
 I am making no judgment there.

Allen
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