Will my current power supply be enough?
Question:
Here is what I'm going to be running, and I'm curious if you guys think I will have enough power to run these parts correctly:
[*]EVGA 8800 GTS PCI-E Factory OC'd with 320 mg ram
[*]AMD Athlon x2 6000+ 3.0 GHz Socket AM2
[*]OCZ DDR2-800 2 gigs (2x1 gig dual channel)
[*]2 optical drives
[*]1 IDE HD
[*]1 SATA HD
[*]3 Case Fans
I currently have an Aspire ATX as500 500 watt power supply with two 12volt rails. One rail is 16amp and the other is 18amp.
My question is, will this power supply be enough to power this system? Thanks for the help guys!
Answer:
Per
http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.as...
e-GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Superclocked
Requirements
Minimum of a 400 Watt power supply.
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 26 Amp .)
You would be best to email the power supply manufacturer this question. I would prefer one of the 12 volt rails be rated for the 26 amps required.
If you have two independent rails then the rail with the video card will need 26 Amps and this would be a problem. I am not sure you can just connect the two rails together and get 34 amps; if they can not be connected then you would be limited to 18 amps and need to buy another power supply.
See:
http://www.playtool.com/pages/psumultira...
http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuoverloa...
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/229773...
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/243599...
i run a very similar setup, same vid card with a core 2 duo. my PSU is 500 and works great. i got about 8 fans too.
That and more... Have fun.
I dont know, without the video card i should run fine... but that card pulls about 145 watts on it's own... my setup is nearly the same as well except i have 4 GB of RAM, intl core 2 duo(overclocked to 3.46 GHz, up from 2.66 GHz) and an 8800 ultra...
Your computer will run that spec flawlessly.
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