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Old February 23rd 06, 04:10 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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I'm a moderate gamer, who has been playing a lot of Battlefield 2
lately.

My current PC is an HP Pavillion with a measly 1.6 Ghz P4. I had a
GeForce 2 400MX card, upgraded to a FX 5200, and recently bought a very
cheap used ATI 9600 Pro (which is an improvement over the 5200, but I
still have to run BF2 on low everything). One of the restrictions on
this system is the 250W power supply. Many of the faster budget cards
want 300 or more watts to run.

I'd like to keep the old comp intact for my kids.

I am looking at a new comp, and found a refurbed PC with great specs
(athlon 3500, 1GB RAM etc) and a PCIe slot free. I have been looking at
budget choices, from the 7300 GS to the 6600 and 6800 series. But many
of the manufacturers (been looking at XFX) recommend a 350 or more PS.
The new comp I am looking at has 300 watt.

It feels like I am back in the same place. Some manufacturers don't
have any listing for power requirements, but I don't want to make
assumptions. Am I doomed to pay more and buy a barebones kit, so that
I can get a decent PS? Do I try to upgrade a proprietary case and do I
trust the low end 400 watts power supplies that are on special?

Any suggestions or comments welcome


James

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Old February 23rd 06, 04:32 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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In article .com,
says...
I'm a moderate gamer, who has been playing a lot of Battlefield 2
lately.

My current PC is an HP Pavillion with a measly 1.6 Ghz P4. I had a
GeForce 2 400MX card, upgraded to a FX 5200, and recently bought a very
cheap used ATI 9600 Pro (which is an improvement over the 5200, but I
still have to run BF2 on low everything). One of the restrictions on
this system is the 250W power supply. Many of the faster budget cards
want 300 or more watts to run.

I'd like to keep the old comp intact for my kids.

I am looking at a new comp, and found a refurbed PC with great specs
(athlon 3500, 1GB RAM etc) and a PCIe slot free. I have been looking at
budget choices, from the 7300 GS to the 6600 and 6800 series. But many
of the manufacturers (been looking at XFX) recommend a 350 or more PS.
The new comp I am looking at has 300 watt.

It feels like I am back in the same place. Some manufacturers don't
have any listing for power requirements, but I don't want to make
assumptions. Am I doomed to pay more and buy a barebones kit, so that
I can get a decent PS? Do I try to upgrade a proprietary case and do I
trust the low end 400 watts power supplies that are on special?

Any suggestions or comments welcome

2GB RAM for Battlefield 2.

PSU ratings are a bit of a funny one. Shuttle cases use 250/300W PSUs
yet they'll quite happily run the same kit that'd need a 450W+ standard
ATX PSU.

You'll be OK with a low end 420W PSU. I've got a £29 500W in mine and
I've had no grief with it.



--
Conor,

Same ****, different day.
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Old February 23rd 06, 07:05 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Have a look at this thread further down in this Forum (Feb 13, 2006):

"6600 GT Power supply requirements - update"

John W

wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm a moderate gamer, who has been playing a lot of Battlefield 2
lately.

My current PC is an HP Pavillion with a measly 1.6 Ghz P4. I had a
GeForce 2 400MX card, upgraded to a FX 5200, and recently bought a very
cheap used ATI 9600 Pro (which is an improvement over the 5200, but I
still have to run BF2 on low everything). One of the restrictions on
this system is the 250W power supply. Many of the faster budget cards
want 300 or more watts to run.

I'd like to keep the old comp intact for my kids.

I am looking at a new comp, and found a refurbed PC with great specs
(athlon 3500, 1GB RAM etc) and a PCIe slot free. I have been looking at
budget choices, from the 7300 GS to the 6600 and 6800 series. But many
of the manufacturers (been looking at XFX) recommend a 350 or more PS.
The new comp I am looking at has 300 watt.

It feels like I am back in the same place. Some manufacturers don't
have any listing for power requirements, but I don't want to make
assumptions. Am I doomed to pay more and buy a barebones kit, so that
I can get a decent PS? Do I try to upgrade a proprietary case and do I
trust the low end 400 watts power supplies that are on special?

Any suggestions or comments welcome


James



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Old February 23rd 06, 07:14 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Thanks. It is worth a try.

James

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Old February 23rd 06, 08:31 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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On 23 Feb 2006 07:10:45 -0800, wrote:

I'm a moderate gamer, who has been playing a lot of Battlefield 2
lately.

My current PC is an HP Pavillion with a measly 1.6 Ghz P4. I had a
GeForce 2 400MX card, upgraded to a FX 5200, and recently bought a very
cheap used ATI 9600 Pro (which is an improvement over the 5200, but I
still have to run BF2 on low everything). One of the restrictions on
this system is the 250W power supply. Many of the faster budget cards
want 300 or more watts to run.

I'd like to keep the old comp intact for my kids.

I am looking at a new comp, and found a refurbed PC with great specs
(athlon 3500, 1GB RAM etc) and a PCIe slot free. I have been looking at
budget choices, from the 7300 GS to the 6600 and 6800 series. But many
of the manufacturers (been looking at XFX) recommend a 350 or more PS.
The new comp I am looking at has 300 watt.

It feels like I am back in the same place. Some manufacturers don't
have any listing for power requirements, but I don't want to make
assumptions. Am I doomed to pay more and buy a barebones kit, so that
I can get a decent PS? Do I try to upgrade a proprietary case and do I
trust the low end 400 watts power supplies that are on special?


Watts are NOT the issue. Available +12V current is !

( Many older power-supplies are not designed for the +12V demands
of modern PCs. All PC power-supplies less than 5 years old
have more than adequate +5 and +3.3V outputs for a moden PC,
with the move away from +5 and +3.3 towards +12V as the major
power source.

The latest-gen ATXV2.xx power supplies have dual +12V rails,
normally capable of at least 15 amps per leg. )

So, check the label on the power-supply in your prospective
candidate as follows:- ( No label, no buy.. or see if the power
-supply is just a standard OEM, so that it can be swapped out)

Add up the following +12V worst-case requirements:-

CPU AMD 3500 7 amps peak
Each Hard-disk 1 amp peak spin-up current.
Each CD/DVD-rom/burner 2 amp peak spin-up current.
( Normally only one CD/DVD-rom will be spinning up at a time
unless you are copying from one CD/DVD to another )

GPU 6600GT--- 6800GT ( 5 amps---- 8 amps peak )

I suggest +12V at 18amps as the minimum if you intend to use
a 6800GT.

John Lewis


Any suggestions or comments welcome


James


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Old February 24th 06, 02:22 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Default Power requirements

take a look at this site............remember that most of the time you get
what you pay for
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread....a62& t=792566
peter
wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm a moderate gamer, who has been playing a lot of Battlefield 2
lately.

My current PC is an HP Pavillion with a measly 1.6 Ghz P4. I had a
GeForce 2 400MX card, upgraded to a FX 5200, and recently bought a very
cheap used ATI 9600 Pro (which is an improvement over the 5200, but I
still have to run BF2 on low everything). One of the restrictions on
this system is the 250W power supply. Many of the faster budget cards
want 300 or more watts to run.

I'd like to keep the old comp intact for my kids.

I am looking at a new comp, and found a refurbed PC with great specs
(athlon 3500, 1GB RAM etc) and a PCIe slot free. I have been looking at
budget choices, from the 7300 GS to the 6600 and 6800 series. But many
of the manufacturers (been looking at XFX) recommend a 350 or more PS.
The new comp I am looking at has 300 watt.

It feels like I am back in the same place. Some manufacturers don't
have any listing for power requirements, but I don't want to make
assumptions. Am I doomed to pay more and buy a barebones kit, so that
I can get a decent PS? Do I try to upgrade a proprietary case and do I
trust the low end 400 watts power supplies that are on special?

Any suggestions or comments welcome


James



 




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