Does my psu have enough power for these cards?

mx344

mx344

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Hi, i am in the marke for buying a new video card, i posted earlier about wether i should get a 4670 or 9500GT, and has told that the 4670 would be a better chiose, but i would like to know if i could geyt anything higher than that?
9800GT? 4830? etc.

I dont have a 6 pin connetcor on my psu, but i have been seeinf these converters that come with the video cards that go from a 6 pin into a 4 pin.? will this work?

Will a 9800GT or 4830 be able to be put on this psu?

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It would probably run a 9800GT alright, but nothing higher. I'd go for a lower card or buy a new PSU just incase, and for futureproofing.
 
So it would be able to run a 4830 also?

and i still havent found an answer to this question.
I see some of these cards some with a cable that goes from 4 to 6 pin.
I don;t have a 6 pin on my psu, so would that cable be the alternative?
 
yes a molex to PCI-E (2x 4 pin molex to 6-pin PCI-E) will work, remember that uses up two molex cables tho. Do you have two spares?
 
Dazzeerr said:
It would probably run a 9800GT alright, but nothing higher. I'd go for a lower card or buy a new PSU just incase, and for futureproofing.
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omg don't listen to these idiots. Wattage has nothing to do with it.

You have a psu with a standard ATX design. That means 12V 1 is deidcated to the CPU. Period. That means in lamons terms, 14A (ie 12V1) is dedicated to keeping the cpu happy and at a stable voltage.

That leaves the last (12V2) rail to power the whole of the rest of the system (e.g. hard drives, graphics cards, sound etc etc). That means only 14A (under ATX standards).

AGP require 26A and PCIe requires 32A minimum for correct operation.

Yours has 14A at best (don't even start me about the efficiency of that psu)

Simple answer is NO! Your psu is shit and is way underpowered.

Let me say that again: None of those cards are designed to work with that psu, NONE!. You need to upgrade, forget the wattage on the label.
 
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man... I was wandering why no mentioned the 14A or w/e.
So what do you recommend that i upgrade my psu too?
 
Well:D Lets stick this one in the dirt.

I agree the P/S he has is cheap and probably doesnt even give the power that its rated for. Most manufactors recomend a (minimum) of 400W and 26 amps (total) on the 12V rail/s for a 8800/9800GT. Bypass the multi. rail bull. You dont just add the rails together to get the total amount of amps.. So it probably has nowhere near 28 amps.

This one will be fine if you not planing to go SLI or add 10 harddrives later
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703015

If you want to spend alittle more and want some over head. Not bad with the rebate and free shipping.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005
 
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Kornowski said:
That's total over-kill for what he has.

What's your price range for a new PSU?
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I agree with Korn...it is over-kill BUT if you plan to upgrade to a quad-core or get a better GPU later then it is wise to buy more power then you need now to save you money later.

This nutter runs his quad system with under what 470w of power in use? He is even running SLI 8800GTS :P



Also my buddy uses the PSU that Strangle suggested.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703015

He can run his X2 6000+ and 9800GTX without issue so you should be fine.
 
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bigfellla said:
omg don't listen to these idiots. Wattage has nothing to do with it.

You have a psu with a standard ATX design. That means 12V 1 is deidcated to the CPU. Period. That means in lamons terms, 14A (ie 12V1) is dedicated to keeping the cpu happy and at a stable voltage.

That leaves the last (12V2) rail to power the whole of the rest of the system (e.g. hard drives, graphics cards, sound etc etc). That means only 14A (under ATX standards).

AGP require 26A and PCIe requires 32A minimum for correct operation.

Yours has 14A at best (don't even start me about the efficiency of that psu)

Simple answer is NO! Your psu is shit and is way underpowered.

Let me say that again: None of those cards are designed to work with that psu, NONE!. You need to upgrade, forget the wattage on the label.
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Ouch a little harsh don't you think? But, I guess its ok since you saved him from total meltdown lol :P
 
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ok, well now that i found out that im even under rated for my 8400GS, this is a bad sign, so i guess ill save up to get a better psu.

BTW: Do you think i could put a 9500GT in this PSU? it is tated the same as my 8400GS?
 
MMezna said:
Ouch a little harsh don't you think? But, I guess its ok since you saved him from total meltdown lol :P
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may be not

mx344 said:
BTW: Do you think i could put a 9500GT in this PSU? it is tated the same as my 8400GS?
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bigfellla said:
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AGP require 26A and PCIe requires 32A minimum for correct operation.

Yours has 14A at best (don't even start me about the efficiency of that psu)

Simple answer is NO! Your psu is shit and is way underpowered.

Let me say that again: None of those cards are designed to work with that psu, NONE!. You need to upgrade, forget the wattage on the label.
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notice how i predicted the future there MMenza? ....
 
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yuki953 said:
ide go with 750 for future proofing
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Future proofing for what? Powering your freezer?


500W is more than enough. 650W is probably the max i'd go. Cards don't require that much at the moment and the recommendations from Nvidia and ATi is really exaggerated.
 
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