what is the minimum PSU for 8800gts

The GTS calls for a 450W (might be 400W) PSU with 28A on the 12V rail.

Why are you looking for the cheapest? Are you really going to trust your 6600 and 8800GTS (which cost over $500) to a cheap $19 PSU?

You don't have to go crazy but buy somewhere in the range of a Enermax Liberty 500w psu or the like.

WTF is happening here? Only MP can tell what psu to buy to plug a 8800GTS?


@ the op-Just get this bargain

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817190007

It's the same as Kingwin, made by SuperFlower. There are 1 or 2 guys with 2GTX plugged on it...

908W?
please explain, and don't tell me you are putting all max Amps together....


600W Xion, SuperFlower and Kingwin above rev.2 have a combined output of at least 400W on the 2 12V rails which are around 33Amps

well, I think you may be a bit limited in this field , not me...
If you are given the total wattage on the 12v rail, you can divide for 12 and have the amps. As I said, I know they have at least 400W in 2.0 revisions and above (400W/12V=33.33A); but you don't know that because in that particular psu it's not shown in the sticker. You cant do (22+22) *12 as you said. Each rail is capable of pushing 22Amps alone, but when combined or both in use, they only can output 33A.

Max possible single amps and max combined amps are different!

I advise you learn something about psus

so i believe you didn't read his last two posts and his math...

Uhmm, did you read the second post?

I should have also said 12V rail, sorry. Let me try to show you what I'm talking about, if I can. (I realise in your mind I know nothing about PSU and need MP to tell me everything, but try to clear your mind anyways...) Look at the PSU that I linked to. Click on the picture that will show the limits/amounts of the rails. Do you see the part at the middle where it says "Caution! Hazardous area"? Do you see the line right above that? Do you see above that line where it says "(12v1 & 12v2 = 360W Max)"? This means I can easily do the math and find out that the 12V rails COMBINED can output 30A. Ok, lets do this with your PSU. Oh wait, you can't because they don't break out the rails properly. As I posted in my first post, I know it can't do 22A combined, because then it would be a 900W+ PSU. So both rails together do something, but we don't know how much.

You could do research and figure out who made it, what model it is, and how much power it can really do on the 12V rails combined, or you can just skip it and get someone/something more upfront about their PSU.

Last, I advise you to ease up a bit and not try to insult people. It only makes you look dumber.

guys,
lets stick with the question please.
no offence but I dont need you to tell me to buy enermax, antec, ocz, ect..
or PSU that cost 100$.
I know all there is to know about them already.

I need to know if PSU like the HEC 450W, as I noted before, can do the work

thanks.

If you'd like to get someones opinion of something, provide a link.

I don't like the looks of this. As we already talked about, you can't just add the two 12V rails together, but thats exactly what they did. (384 / 12 = 32) They also claim too high of an output if you add the 12V max and the 3.3 + 5V max together. (384W + 165W = 550W) My guess is you could buy this, and it will probably work, but you'll be stressing the hell out of the unit. Are there any other units available?

I heard that he was head engineer at PCP&BS, so therefore he's enemantly qualified.

Not sure if he was being sarcastic or if that was a mispelling but i'm pretty sure he meant PC P & C, or PC Power and Cooling.

No.

Sure is. Unless the unit is capable of running both rails at max capacity (dont think even the best multi-rail psus can), you WONT have enough power. It more likely can supply 25A max.

I'll give another clue to those that missed it:

"enemantly"