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: