That PSU is a horrible choice, even though it technically can, I would go for better units. Remember it's also important the PSU quality and stability, it's pointless to have an unstable, but powerful enough unit.
Both are high quality units manufactured by Seasonic, and BOTH output more current than the Rosewill that you chose. And the only feature that you cannot make use if you don't have an 8pin PCI-E connector is the overdrive feature, which allows for more power for overclocking the card even more.
The only OCZ units I would recommend are the GameXStream series, the rest are less than stellar. Don't tell me you can fork out $90 for a Tier 4 unit, yet you can't afford a $100 for a Tier 2 unit? Don't be fooled by wattage, it's just like clockspeed on processors, you cannot judge a unit just because it has high wattage.
The only OCZ units I would recommend are the GameXStream series, the rest are less than stellar. Don't tell me you can fork out $90 for a Tier 4 unit, yet you can't afford a $100 for a Tier 2 unit? Don't be fooled by wattage, it's just like clockspeed on processors, you cannot judge a unit just because it has high wattage.
Actually my budget is really tight, I can't fork out $90 for the OCZ either.
I honestly suggest you do if you can't afford a decent unit, the HD 2900 Pro is right about on par on the GTX (Maybe slightly less) as far as power consumption goes, and when running these high end cards I wouldn't recommend anyone skimping on the PSU, you might find that you'll regret it in the future when the PSU dies, and believe me when I say, cheap PSUs don't die alone, usually taking a part of your system.
The question you have to ask yourself is, are you willing to take a chance on your PC just because you wouldn't pay $30 more on a better unit, or would you rather pay a bit more and have a good unit that'll take anything.
I honestly suggest you do if you can't afford a decent unit, the HD 2900 Pro is right about on par on the GTX (Maybe slightly less) as far as power consumption goes, and when running these high end cards I wouldn't recommend anyone skimping on the PSU, you might find that you'll regret it in the future when the PSU dies, and believe me when I say, cheap PSUs don't die alone, usually taking a part of your system.
The question you have to ask yourself is, are you willing to take a chance on your PC just because you wouldn't pay $30 more on a better unit, or would you rather pay a bit more and have a good unit that'll take anything.
I see what your saying.
Maybe an 8800GTS 320mb uses significantly less power? Although, thats about $20 more anyway. >_>
I just Googled it and you need a minimum of 550W for the 2900. I 100% agree with EMP DON'T skimp on your PSU wait and buy a good unit, don't for for the GTS either please wait until you've got the cash othewise you'll always regret it. I'm running a 7800GS+ Golden Sample and it requires a minimum 450W unit. I bought one which was a Colorsit 500W unit which cost me about £25.00 and I played Quake 4 for about 3mins until my PC just re-booted itself, so I tried again and the same thing happened. After exhausting everything, drivers, virus's etc I found it was my crappy PSU so I bought an AKASA 550W unit costing £75.00 and have never had a problem since. Also there is enough juice in it if I want to overclock etc.
The box says 550w power supply, but my 450 watt antec is doing the job just fine. I think those recommendations are just for people that have a crappy computer/cheapo power supply that doesn't actually put out the power it's rated at. Any halfway decent brand of power supply over 400-450 watts will get the job done. People buying 700+ watt supplies are wasting their money unless it's for crossfire and massive overclocking. Just look at the stats. Your card is drawing 160 watts even if you OC it to XT speeds. Then, your cpu maybe draws 100-110 watts if that's OC'd too. Now you have another 150 watts to throw around for all the smaller power consuming parts. Depends if you have a lot of Hard drives and a pci soundcard, etc... too. I only have 2 HD's and onboard sound, so the only other things that need powered are my mouse and keyboard.
Corsair 450w is plenty for 2900pro. It'll power a 8800 GTX. Just don't expect to SLI it, which I would SLI anyway it's overrated.
$75 shipped - $20 MIR = $55!
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Ok, I think I'm going to take the plunge and get an HD 2900 pro tomorrow. I have a 600W OCZ GamesExtreme PSU, which will be powering two SATA 7,000rpm drives, one DVD-RW drive, 2 gb of OCZ PC 2 6400 memory (once I get it back from RMA), and a e6750, which I want overclock to 3.0 ghz. Is the 600W enough? I'm a little worried since the specs say this card needs a 550W power supply, and the one I have is not much above that. However, there is a good chance that once the 2950s come out I may sell the 2900 I'll be getting in favor of the new hopefully less power hungry cards.
If your going to skimp on the psu get the Corsair 450. At least it has 33amps. I don't think you can do much better for the price.
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