9800 Pro & PSU

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It is only 12V and a good quality 300W will run it fine, I had a 2.8G P4,
3xHD, 1xCDWR, 1x DVDWR, sound card, extra ethernet card etc and it ran fine
with an Aopen 300W supply. I have upgraded to an Antec 430Wsince I got a
6800 but even with that it was not needed.

"elziko" <elziko@NOTSPAMMINGyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> The 9800 Pro attaches directly to the power supply but is it doing that
> for a 12V or 5V supply? Or if it is both which is more important?
>
> I'm deciding between two supplies, one more expensive but higher rated.
> But the more expensive one only provides extra power on the 5V & 3.5V
> rails not the 12V one.
>
> TIA