Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:16 pm
I've had my JP PS2 since before the slim models were available, so I didn't really have a choice. I'm not sure what choice I would make if I were making the purchase now.
I insist on owning these games, but the HDD can be handy if I want to take them "on location" somewhere. It's a lot easier (and safer) to chuck a hard drive in there than to actually travel with all those discs.
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The arcade cabinets are currently all on one circuit as the basement only has one circuit except for the bar/bathroom circuit that we added ourselves. We bought the house with the basement unfinished, so there was only the bare miniumum down there. The builder provided four outlets on a 15A circuit.
I tested having all five cabinets plus the TV and stereo that's down there on all at once. The breaker didn't trip. However, at a recent get together we did trip the breaker twice with all five cabinets on and the TV/stereo wasn't even on. The difference may have been two fold: 1) The games were all being played and were not sitting idle. 2) I also have a PC plugged into that circuit that acts as a server. I recently replaced that server with a more powerful PC (though still quite old) that no doubt has larger power requirements.
I insist on owning these games, but the HDD can be handy if I want to take them "on location" somewhere. It's a lot easier (and safer) to chuck a hard drive in there than to actually travel with all those discs.
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The arcade cabinets are currently all on one circuit as the basement only has one circuit except for the bar/bathroom circuit that we added ourselves. We bought the house with the basement unfinished, so there was only the bare miniumum down there. The builder provided four outlets on a 15A circuit.
I tested having all five cabinets plus the TV and stereo that's down there on all at once. The breaker didn't trip. However, at a recent get together we did trip the breaker twice with all five cabinets on and the TV/stereo wasn't even on. The difference may have been two fold: 1) The games were all being played and were not sitting idle. 2) I also have a PC plugged into that circuit that acts as a server. I recently replaced that server with a more powerful PC (though still quite old) that no doubt has larger power requirements.