[ale] PC broke

Scott Castaline hscast at charter.net
Fri Sep 28 17:06:24 EDT 2007


Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Friday 28 September 2007 15:19, James P. Kinney III wrote:
>   
>>> Macron Power Model MPT-251 250W.
>>> is 250W enough, and where's the best place to get one...
>>> The only things close to me are CC & Best Buy, oh yeah, and a Radio
>>> Shack.. Fry's & Micro & Comp are all in Gwinnett, 60 miles away..
>>>       
>> 1. Move
>>     
> I did, that's why I'm out here where there is plenty of peace & quiet:)
>
>   
>> 2. Mail order
>>     
> I did.. TigerDirect:
> Just-4-PC / 350SF / 350-Watt / ATX / 80mm Fan / Power Supply $29.99
>
>
>   
>> 3. 250W is OK for a small system with a single drive, less than a Xeon
>> CPU and 2 GB RAM and a fanless video card. If you have a DVD burner you
>> might want a 300W so you have some power cushioning under heavy load.
>> Worst Buy will likely have a power supply. Radio Shack is my last choice
>> for real PC hardware.  
>>     
> that's good to know, glad I got the 350 watter.. Though it only has a single 
> CD-rom, I might add a DVD later..
> I haven't been in a Radio Shack in YEARS. and I HATE BB.
>
> The good news is, swapping the HDs got me to remove my 160GB second drive that 
> has all my movie & music partitions. Now all I need to do is add it to my 
> main system... next week..
>   
Radio Shack = (Radio Shack - ack) + it; and I don't mean Information 
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