I just ordered a new Dell system which comes with a 305 watt power supply. It has an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 1.5 GB RAM (2 sticks DDR2), a DVD-ROM drive, and a 160 GB SATA hard drive. It doesn't have anything else, no modem, no floppy, no sound card--just the bare basics.
However, I also ordered a NVidia Geforce 7600GT graphics card, which I know is somewhat power-hungry, but not too much. Using this power supply calculator (http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp), I entered all my information and it said that all my gear would require 245 watts. I just don't know if that's a good estimation, and I also don't know how many amps Dell's 12v rails have and whether it will be enough. Any help you can offer? Thanks.
2007-02-12 10:55:25 · 4 answers · asked by rockthemainline 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I dam sure would order at least a 400 watt supply if not bigger! Thats a little meek! Of course Dell is giving you the minimum size due to the fact that they know you will be comin back to them for another supply in a matter of time! They know you have to buy it from them as you cant replace it with an aftermarket supply! Dell, what a joke!
2007-02-12 10:58:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be fine. If anything, there's a good 430 watt thermaltake you can get on www.newegg.com for less than 40 bucks. It's worked great for me and i have a 1gb ram, 2.66 pentium d overclocked to 3.01, and a 7900gs that is also noticeably overclocked, 4 fans, and a large cpu heatsink/fan
2007-02-12 11:00:45 · answer #2 · answered by Justin V 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you pretty much answered your own question. Yes, that power supply will be fine, given the information you supplied. I have built dozens of computers and I dont think you will have any problems unless you try to add a bunch of stuff to that.
2007-02-12 11:03:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
305 watt?? Not enough. Buy a 500 watt.
2007-02-12 11:00:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋