Re: How large of a power supply do Inspiron 530s come with?


"Tom Scales" <tjscales@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Conversation: How large of a power supply do Inspiron 530s come with?
Subject: Re: How large of a power supply do Inspiron 530s come with?


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I've read that modern PCs should have at least a 300W power
supply,
and even a 400W PS would be better if you want to expand. How
large
are the power supplies for the Inspiron 530s?

It's a 250watt: (see page


162)http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/insp530s/EN/OM/DU119A
03...

Not sure why you'd be looking at that (slim-line) machine if you
'want to
expand'. The slim chassis certainly reduces your upgrade and even
power
supply replacement options.

Sorry, I didn't mean the the slimline Inspiron 530s. I meant
Inspiron
530, and I tried to pluralize it.


300w for Core2 and 350w for Quad Cores. Page 167

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/inspd530/EN/OM/KP338A04D.
pdf

I hate that they're hiding the system specs in a .pdf rather than
.html
as
they used to. PITA.


Don't forget that Dell underrates their power supplies. They report
Sustained, rather than Peak. I'd take Dell's 350 over a generic 450.



Tom,

That is historically the case for Dell-badged supplies. However, the new
Inspiron/Vostro desktops come equipped with non-Dell badged PS's from (3)
different vendors - at least one of which also happens to supply for...

....eMachines. :-/

You may still be correct if Dell's requirements are somehow more stringent
with those vendors that other OEM's, but.......money being money.

fwiw

Stew


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