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I just ordered a Sapphire X1950 Pro video card and I was wondering if my Dell XPS 400's power supply (375W) would be sufficient for the video card. The video card also comes with a 4-pin Molex to 6-pin auxiliary power cable and I don't know if it will be able to connect to my PSU.
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I'd get a new PSU with better ratings on it, that Dell PS is a generic, non gaming PSU, and you might not have enough draw for the card to function like it should. You can just get by, but I wouldn't chance brown outs on the vid, it will destroy it. And if you OC your card, it would not have the load to do it with.
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You'll be fine with the stock psu, use the 6 pin connector from the psu, marked "P12" and don't worry about the adaptor that comes with the card. |
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Thanks for the feedback, my video card along with 2*512 ram sticks should be arriving in a day or two. I thought I had to use the cable it came with, but now that you mentioned the "P12" connector it makes sense to me now. As for the card fitting into the case, I checked the measurements and it should be able to fit. Once the vid card comes I'll post back here on how it's running. Message edited by ziggy639 on 08-23-2007 at 03:30:08 AM |
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You will find that Dell PSUs are excellent and deliver clean amps. Wattage is not always a good indicator, and there is really no such thing as a gaming PSU, only PSU's that can and cannot deliver certain watts and amps. Most high watt PSUs are like that to support a large number of drives, dual processors, quad video cards etc. Your dell case limits you to a reasonable 4 drives, if you want more go e-sata external on external power. You wont run out of watts on your 375 watt unit. |
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I'm not very good with computer hardware so I was unaware of the whole wattage/PSU stuff and I learned about it a day after I placed my order. I also forgot to mention that the video card says it requires atleast a 450W PSU, but I have read posts of people running high-end video cards with Dell's stock 375W PSU. |
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The Dell 375w psu can provide 30amps on the dual +12v rails, it is used to power the 8800 GTX in thier XPS 410, so the X1950 Pro will be no problem. |
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dells use power supplies made in bulk by pc p & c, if they are shipping heap of units and say 1 in 10 fails, that is alot more money for dell, they want something reliable. --------------- -"From whence you came you shall remain, until you are complete again!" Peter Mitchell |
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Stop playing with that you will go Blind!
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The X1950Pro will work fine in the XPS400. I have a X1900AIW that is in my kids XPS400. No Problems at all. The power supply that Dell uses is a good power supply. Its not great by any means, But it will power a 1900XTX.
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