I heard a 800-watt power supply is required for a GF 8800GTX so I am thinking if I am using a GF 8800GTS 640MB, then I might have to buy a power supply that is around 700-watt. I am currently considering buying a cooler master iGreen 600-watt power supply, do I need to change? The following is my build:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.60GHz
Motherboard: Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition NVIDIA Socket AM2 ATX Motherboard
RAM: Corsair Dual Channel TWINX 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz E.P.P. Memory (2 x 1024)
HDD: Seagate 160GB
Display crd: GF 8800GTS 640MB
Power supply: Cooler master iGreen 600-watt
Please advice, thanks!
2007-03-12 02:06:23 · 5 answers · asked by Brian S 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I am running an eVGA 8800 GTS super-clocked, Core2Duo e6600, and 2GB of DDR2 667MHz on a 500 watt Ultra X-finity power supply. Seems to work good but you can't go wrong with more power, I plan to upgrade mine at later date to at least 700 watt.
2007-03-12 03:43:48 · answer #1 · answered by Jester 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got the little brother of that card the 320mb version.
In the manual is says 450 watts minimun but is recommends 700 watts.
So I would advise you to get the 700 watts or higher.
More importantly for the future because you have a SLi motherboard which means you will be getting another card sometime in the future.
Thats a powerful monster you have there feed it more power.
2007-03-12 09:55:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A 600 watt power supply is pretty good enough to run any computer with more than enough power to supply it.
2007-03-12 09:10:18 · answer #3 · answered by Patrick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is ok but with all that we hook up to our puters these days I would look at higher watt supplies...everything we hook up relies on the power supply ....unless usb or periprials that have their own power...go with a good solid power supply that offers enough wattage!
2007-03-12 09:16:30 · answer #4 · answered by Stuart B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be good. A 600 should almost be enough to run a flux-cappacitor.
2007-03-12 09:41:18 · answer #5 · answered by randob1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋