psu for 8500/8600 ?

[stanley85]

may i know the Amperage for 8500gt and 8600gt? with the built:
AM2 4800+
gigabyte M55sli-s4
asus 8500gt /8600gt
250gb/320gb/ WD hdd sata2
LG dvd re-writer
total of 2gb mushkin pc667 ram

would it be sufficient if i choose enermax FMA II IRON 460W / C.M. real power 450w? or even a CM 380w will do? thank you very much for your suggestion.

Regards,
stanley

 

[anon6]

The 8600 GT is rated at 43watts which is about 4A on 12V, and the 8500 is less.

I have a new system running a 8800GTS plus a 8500GT, E6600 and 4 harddrives. I just measured the system AC power draw during an Nvidia demo: it's only about 220 watts.

 

[stanley85]

wow...i though it need quite high amp for the card.. so means those about 400watt or above that is more than enough for the 8600gt? cos the requirement of amp for 8800 series are quite high so i though all the 8 series also around those figure.. thanks ya

 

[jaguarskx]

Yeah, you are fine. You can even run your system off of a good 300w PSU.

There is a huge performance and power consumption gap between the 8600 series and the 8800 series.