Video Card Help

[bigsaucybob]

If i have a 305W PSU and Pci-e x16 wat is the best gfx card i can get that will be compatiable and able to run with my 305w?

 

[XHotxEx791]

6600gt

 

[bigsaucybob]

yea thats wat i thought

 

[mrjack]

Wrong, the GF6600GT recommended PSU is 350Watts, otherwise the card won't work properly with the rest of the comp. The +12V rail should be atleast running at 25Amp

 

[Camper]

EVGA Nvidia 6600 gt pci-express x19

I think you mean x16
the 6600GT would be pushing that psu but I herd of 305 working them before as long as you have a good 12 volt rail.

 

[bigsaucybob]

o yea thanks for the correction, im just gonna upgrade my psu to be safe

 

[Camper]

Check your dell to make sure your psu dose not have a different power connector.

 

[bigsaucybob]

i dont know where to check and i dont know wat i should look for?

 

[Camper]

A normal ATX power supply would have a 20 pin connector that would plug into the MOBO it looks like this http://www.flipchip.net/images/atxcon.jpg

 

[apj101]

Check your dell to make sure your psu dose not have a different power connector.

it will have. You can find diagrams of all psu pinouts (and other pinouts desides) at
http://pinouts.ru/data/

 

[bigsaucybob]

i looked in my computer and i think mine is a 24-pin

the PSU that i am buying says it has connections for a 20-pin and 24-pin is this wat that looks like?

psu pic

 

[Camper]

see if that how your power supply connectors look

 

[bigsaucybob]

do u mean see if the new pSU that im buying has a 24-pin, if so i posted a pic of it on my last post

 

[Camper]

yha compare your psu connectors with the one your going to buy

 

[bigsaucybob]

ya ok i did and im hoping it will work and not burn up powering my 6600gt without dual 12 rails.