Power Supply?

Looking to upgrade my present FX 5200 card for a Geforce 6800 GT, my present
power supply is 300w will this support the new card

"Barry Barlow" wrote in message
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Looking to upgrade my present FX 5200 card for a Geforce 6800 GT, my
present
power supply is 300w will this support the new card



From what I've read upto now doing a quick Google search it seems like 300w
is the minimum depending on what other hardware you have in your machine of
course. The only possible problem, as you're going to have the minimum
supply, is if the quality isn't upto scratch it could struggle.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messagev...readid=1373019

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjM3LDE

I don't have a GF6 myself but for the cost of a new psu I think I'd want to
upgrade to a 350w or 400w to make sure that it will be able to handle the
extra load.

Mal

Only if it's a top quality 300W PS. Antec,inwin etc. Otherwise get a decent
450W PS.

Looking to upgrade my present FX 5200 card for a Geforce 6800 GT, my present
power supply is 300w will this support the new card

300 Watts is NOT enough power.

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"Barry Barlow" wrote in message
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Looking to upgrade my present FX 5200 card for a Geforce 6800 GT, my
present
power supply is 300w will this support the new card

"DaveW" wrote in message
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300 Watts is NOT enough power.


Sorry, but that is NOT correct. Lots of people are running 6800GT's in
Shuttles with a 250w PSU.

Of course if your PSU is a p.o.s. and it says 300w when it means 150w, then
you might have a problem.

But a decent 300watter will be OK.

Chip



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"Barry Barlow" wrote in message
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Looking to upgrade my present FX 5200 card for a Geforce 6800 GT, my
present
power supply is 300w will this support the new card

Chip wrote:

"DaveW" wrote in message
news:0FaVc.283224$a24.150397@attbi_s03...
300 Watts is NOT enough power.


Sorry, but that is NOT correct. Lots of people are running 6800GT's in
Shuttles with a 250w PSU.

Of course if your PSU is a p.o.s. and it says 300w when it means 150w,
then you might have a problem.

But a decent 300watter will be OK.

Or not as the case may be. Depends on what _else_ is in the machine.

Chip



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"Barry Barlow" wrote in message
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Looking to upgrade my present FX 5200 card for a Geforce 6800 GT, my
present
power supply is 300w will this support the new card





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"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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Chip wrote:

"DaveW" wrote in message
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300 Watts is NOT enough power.


Sorry, but that is NOT correct. Lots of people are running 6800GT's in
Shuttles with a 250w PSU.

Of course if your PSU is a p.o.s. and it says 300w when it means 150w,
then you might have a problem.

But a decent 300watter will be OK.

Or not as the case may be. Depends on what _else_ is in the machine.

Agreed. But on that basis, 400w may not be enough either.

Really my point is that DaveW said 300w is NOT enough, and emphatically, it
CAN be.

(Actually I have since seen someone running a 6800GT (overclocked!) on a
150w PSU. Yes 150w.

Chip


Chip



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"Barry Barlow" wrote in message
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Looking to upgrade my present FX 5200 card for a Geforce 6800 GT, my
present
power supply is 300w will this support the new card





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On 2004-08-20, J. Clarke wrote:


Chip wrote:

"DaveW" wrote in message
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300 Watts is NOT enough power.


Sorry, but that is NOT correct. Lots of people are running 6800GT's in
Shuttles with a 250w PSU.

Of course if your PSU is a p.o.s. and it says 300w when it means 150w,
then you might have a problem.

But a decent 300watter will be OK.

Or not as the case may be. Depends on what _else_ is in the machine.

Is Antec a decent make of PSU?

I was pondering getting a 330W one for a system I'll be putting
together (athlon 2500+ barton, 1x IDE hard drive, 1x DVD-ROM, no burners,
not even having the monitor connected to that PSU, 512gig ram, fx5700 ultra
or maybe a fx5900xt)

The box will solely be used for games, and getting online if my main box
dies for a bit. :P

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Is Antec a decent make of PSU?

I was pondering getting a 330W one for a system I'll be putting
together (athlon 2500+ barton, 1x IDE hard drive, 1x DVD-ROM, no burners,
not even having the monitor connected to that PSU, 512gig ram, fx5700 ultra
or maybe a fx5900xt)

The box will solely be used for games, and getting online if my main box
dies for a bit. :P


Yes it is decent.

I am using an Antec True 330 with the following;

NF7-S
2500+ Barton
512 Megs 3200
Geforce 4 - 4200 overclocked 325/650
2 Hard Drives 7200 30GB and 5400 8GB
1 CD-RW Drive
1 CD-ROM Drive
8 Case fans Including a 80mm Tornado on CPU, but not counting the 2 PS fans.

I measured the +3.3, +12 and +5 at the back of ATX connector. They were all
right on the money even though the NF7-S displays them in the bios as being
slightly low but within ATX specs.

Whatever supply you get, purchase as much wattage as you can afford. My 330 is
running fine, but I look back and wish I would have gotten more wattage when I
purchased it. That way in the future you won't have to ever worry about having
enough for any future upgrades.

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 07:43:18 +0000 (UTC), "Barry Barlow" wrote:

Looking to upgrade my present FX 5200 card for a Geforce 6800 GT, my present
power supply is 300w will this support the new card

Get an Antec TruePower 550Watt. It delivers 520Watt approx with very little signal distortion, way
better than Enermax.