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Offline Fatboy_RobTopic starter

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on: December 13, 2007, 12:27:38 am
Ok, on this PC i am getting, its featuring Two NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB 16X PCI Express and i have a 500 watt PSU picked out.

Now, will that be enough? cause the cost is in the thousands now.....


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Reply #1 on: December 13, 2007, 07:32:35 am
yes... but i would recommend looking at every single part inthe Computer and Adding it up r googleing it

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Reply #2 on: December 13, 2007, 08:04:01 am
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

And if it calculates over 450W, it's recommended to take a bigger PSU :)



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Reply #3 on: December 13, 2007, 08:48:31 am
From memory, the 8800GTS 320MB requires 400W so I'm pretty sure 500W would be more than sufficient for a 8600GTS 256MB.



 


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