Will This PSU Do?

Alex-Gopson

Alex-Gopson

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First of all, I should note that I am a complete hardware noob. I've never done any of this before.

I've got a Dell Inspiron 620 and want to get a decent video card to do a bit of gaming. Nothing crazy, but a little bit outside of what the integrated graphics allow me to play (which isn't much). Anyway I'm looking at this-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202004

Seems I am also going to need to update my power supply. Now that video card says that it requires at least 500W, but this power supply I found is only 430W-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151074

Would this be okay, or am I making a stupid risk here? I also found this PSU-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095

It's only a $30 difference, but being as I'm already shelling out $170 for the video card, I'm looking to save as much money as I can.
 
Twiki said:
How many monitors and what type of interfaces you have?
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One monitor. I don't have a some sort of big gaming setup, and I'm not really interested in making one.

johnb35 said:
Buy the 620 watt unit.
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Thanks, that's what I was thinking. That's settled then.

Unfortunately still a little expensive for me, so I'll probably look into cheaper graphics cards but I'll be sure to buy the according PSU.

Thanks for the help.

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This is settled if anyone wants to close the thread.
 
Reason I asked is because you're buying a crossfire video card. If you don't need it then get a normal video card. I bought a Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 card to get away from the pathetic onboard video. It was a definite improvement.
 
Twiki, that makes very little sense. You will not (easily) find a 7850 or above that does not support crossfire. Using one is no different than using 2, it will perform perfectly fine.
 
Maybe you don't understand how it works. A 7850 is a low end GPU. In a sense, if you want to game and not have it look like complete garbage (with games that are new), then you do not want to be below that. $170 is cheap. Take a look at the Titan or GTX680 if you want to say you can get away with less.
 
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