Limit of a 230W PSU?

[HKArslan]

Hi, everyone. First post here.

I've been having issues with my newer computer on certain games, so I've decided I have to upgrade my older computer. I need to know if the following products will run on a 230W power supply, or if I need to get a power supply with more wattage:

SAPPHIRE Radeon X1600PRO 512 GDDR2 Video Card
pqi POWER Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 266 (PC 2100) Unbuffered Dual Channel

Also currently running on this computer is a 2.81 GHz Intel Pentium IV CPU without Hyperthreading.

Thanks in advance.

 

[fishmahn]

That depends on the quality of the PSU. What type of PC is it? (Gateway, Dell, Powerspec, homebuilt, ???) What brand of PSU?

Without knowing anything else I'd say no way - but its possible its a top quality brand and it may just handle it.

Mike.

 

[doolittle]

Plug and chug your system at eXtreme PSU calc

Also sapphire recommends 350w and higher for anything over a 9500 series card.

btw, nice system - please don't kill anything by using that old PS!

 

[Rugger]

There are so many things that could be causing the ole "chugging" system. You need to provide details: all of your system part specs, the games that cause the chugging, and game res/settings. Is it just slowing down or does it lock up/shutdown? Are you adware and spyware free? All your drivers up to date? Game patches up to date? How many processes/other programs are running in the background?

The devil is in the details....