Matching power supply with new video card...

xxxwillie

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Can anyone tell me how to find the power supply wattage to accomodate the ati x1950 pro video card?
Thanks,
xxxwillie
 

dragonsprayer

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add up your watts

you should use 600-700 psu with 42-50 amps - my son is running a x1950 pro with 560j @4.1ghz and its crashes alot of psu's under 35 amps - we test parts in his system

read those links on how to size it

silverstone strider 600 is $110 at east luna i think its more at newegg?