would my PSU run 8800gts?

[Nick Smith]

i have an enermax 430W coolergiant, and someone said that i have almost double the power i need to run my current system,

so... would my remaining juice be enough to power a 8800?

Thanks

Nick

[DratUK]

29 amps on the combined 12 volt rail spilt 15 amp on 12 volt 1 and 14 amp on 12 volt 2.

Further specs here
http://www.hardware.info/nl-NL/produ...lergiant_430W/



I would go if possible a higher rate unit Corsair 520 would be spot on.

[Nick Smith]

thanks for that , might have to go with a 620W corsair, as it will give me a little more room to upgrade.

[DratUK]

Now i can hear that GTX calling you

[Blitzen]

i have an enermax 430W coolergiant, and someone said that i have almost double the power i need to run my current system,

so... would my remaining juice be enough to power a 8800?

Thanks

Nick

8800's being power hungry is an urban myth.

Use you Enermax and be happy for now.
If you SLi though it would be upgrade time as you are on the edge.

[Nick Smith]

Now i can hear that GTX calling you

lol, my "mispriced" one, that im getting ban requests for

8800's being power hungry is an urban myth.

Use you Enermax and be happy for now.
If you SLi though it would be upgrade time as you are on the edge.

yay thanks
not going to go SLI, as my mobo doesnt support it, so even if i do ill be able to get a PSU that will run it then

[amjedm]

Good advice from Blitzen

People tend to overspecify power requirements for most computers for some reason.

It's still possible to run a fair amount of kit from a 300Watt psu (but this wouldn't be recommended in your case).