Geforce 6800 graphics card and PSU

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:51 pm

Ok i have a 450 watt powersupply for my pc. I ordered a geforce 6800 graphics card. It says a 350 watt psu is required. A bunch of people are trying to tell me my powersupply wont work because its crappy (its not).

The voltages are like this: +3.3v is 28 amps, +5v is 40 amps and +12v is 20 amps, they said I should have atleast 28 amps on the 12 volt rail. I checked everywhere and no 350 watt power supply has anything near 28 amps on the 12 volt rail. I know a lot of the guys on here, esp kiki know alot about electricity, so i was wondering If you think I will be ok with my psu.

Im runnin a 2.4 ghz p4, 2 300 gb sata 150 hard drives, 1536 mb pc 2700 ram, basic sound card, 52x cd burner and an old 4 or 8x lite on cd rom, 3 chassis fans and one cpu fan. Personally I think it will be fine.

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:47 pm

i think you should be fine at the most the thing is going to rest i would say and thats with everything running. you gotta upgrade that sound card that should of been the first thing to do.

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:40 pm

I see no reason not to. I've played with MANY a computer, all I can say is that if the voltage stays steady with it in there, you have not a thing to worry about. (record the voltage before then after)

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:33 am

Put it in and try...

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:02 am

sinister audio wrote:i think you should be fine at the most the thing is going to rest i would say and thats with everything running. you gotta upgrade that sound card that should of been the first thing to do.

thats what I thought too. By basic soundcard i ment an Soundblaster live x gamer, I dunno why I said basic, its like 5 years old but it still works good.

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:10 am

These should help you out.

http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0, ... g,2,00.asp
http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply ... ?cmd=INTEL

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:07 pm

according to both im fine.

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:07 pm

The only thing I'd consider is going with a power supply certified to the newest standard of ATX12V 2.01.

http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20041223/index.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/200507111/index.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20050506/index.html

tomshardware.com has a lot of good info. Just search for power supplies and read on. When you're ready to buy, check out newegg.com. The only place I trust. Stay away from Tiger direct.

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:28 pm

tigerdirect is very good. I bought all my pc parts from them back when I built this. I had no problems, very good customer support too.

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:47 pm

i have had really good luck with tiger direct i have bought many things off there. whats wrong with them?