8800 GTS question

[tyler22]

Would a 420 watt PSU be enough for an 8800 GTS

 

[itotallybelieveyou]

no

 

[trevorblain]

Don't chance it. Underpower your system and risk instability not to mention the GTS throttling itself back and essentially wasting the money you spend for a high performing card.

Consider a high quality 500W to be your base line.

 

[Morris67]

420W ? No way.
I'm running a E6750, overclocked to 3.4G (425 FSB, 1700 CORE)
2X80G, SATA in RAID-0 (System), 1x400G, SATA (Data)
1X 8800GTS-320-OC
I'm using a Silverstone 500W supply. Only 25dB and rocksolid.
I'll never do SLI on this machine, but I would use a 650W for a SLI-setup, just to be on the safe side.
My machine is stable at room temperature, except for some quircks from the Vista 64. But that's the OS and not the hardware.
The bottomline ? Get a decent energy efficient PSU. It will cost you 10 € more, but you wont regret it.