I have a 500W Zalman power supply and I'm changing my graphics from a 8800GT to a HD6950 (the 8800 died). Wondering if I'm gonna need to update the PSU as well, my system:
i5 750 @ 4GHZ (I've heard these take a LOT more power then they're OC'd roughly linear increase from TDP so ~143W)
4 HDD
4 sticks of DDR3
DVD (rarely use it anyway)
No expansion cards
I am planning to run the HD6950 @ HD6970 speeds which will allegedly increase power consumption from 169W to 202W. Would it be too much to give the extra 20% power to it like techpowerup have done here:
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I think I got lucky with my silicon... I'm no expert, have only OC'd 4-5 chips ever. Although I have to give a thumbs up for Gigabyte's GA-P55-UD4 - very friendly even when you screw up, and also the Corsair H50 cooler.
