Vic Mackey Posted January 4, 2006 I was thinking of getting a 3700 sandy, DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail, and an Evga 7800gt and keeping the rest of the stuff in my computer(ram, hd, psu). I will upgrade ram and get a x-fi card later on... Now the evga 7800gt says it requires a minimum of 450W PSU??? Is this true? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kobalt Posted January 4, 2006 When they say that they dont mean the video card itself needs a 450W power supply loll but i think you already know that. The point is it always depends on what your comp will be. Like if you have hi powered fans ccfl's and stuff you might need a bit more . Final point is they always mean a plain rig, nothing fancy everything stock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BTSchnarfy Posted January 4, 2006 If you are planning on keeping your 430W Antec, it should do just fine. It's a decent quality PSU, so I wouldn't worry too much. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vic Mackey Posted January 4, 2006 I have 2 blue 120mm fans, one intake, one outtake. Do you think those would draw alot of power? P.S. Those are the only 2 fans I have. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BTSchnarfy Posted January 4, 2006 The fans don't draw too much power, so they shouldn't be a problem. If you're interested in finding out approximately how much juice your system will take, go here. That should give you a general idea of what to shoot for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vic Mackey Posted January 5, 2006 (edited) The fans don't draw too much power, so they shouldn't be a problem. If you're interested in finding out approximately how much juice your system will take, go here. That should give you a general idea of what to shoot for. 610591[/snapback] Wow thanks man you rock!! I put in all my hardware and it says it would only take 292W?? Can that be right? I just thought it would be alot more... especially with the 7800gt. must be cause I only have 1 hard drive and 1 dvd rw drive or something Hey I looked at my antec manual and it says my PSU has an output of : +12v 26A, +3.3v 28A, and +5v 36A. how does that sound? hmm i was reading the reviews at newegg.com and some people with less than 450W were having trouble... but not every one with less than 450W... Edited January 5, 2006 by Vic Mackey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
