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Bought a new agp vid card to replace my dying A-I-W 9800, it's a EVGA 256-A8-N542-T2 Geforce 7600gs 256mb. Before I install it I'm wondering now if my power supply is too small for this card. It looks to be a no name "POWERUP LC-B400ATX"
Here's what it says on the sticker of the PS, hope it helps.

V- : VOLTAGE : CURRENT
INPUT : 115V- : 10A
: 230V- : 6A
----------------------------------:--------------------------
V : +3.3V : +5V : +12V :-5V -12V +5VSB
:------------------------ :--------------------------
OUTPUT : 28A : 40A : 17A : 0.3A 0.8A 2A
----------------------------------:--------------------------
MAX ; 220W : 240W : 1.5W 9.6W 10W
: 380W

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It should work, not saying it's a good PSU but that card shouldn't require that much power.

Reply to g-paw

Well, it's either testing it or checking if anyone have tried that combo already on the net.

 

I have a problem with lousy tire 5 PSU crashing the system while playing games, so I'm switching to a much better and more reliable PSU now.

 


Message edited by krillz on 01-04-2008 at 12:32:43 AM
Reply to krillz

From the card specs

"System Requirements:Minimum of a 350 Watt power supply. (Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 18 Amp Amps.)"

Am I outta luck with my, if I'm reading it right, +12v 17a?

Reply to bigb41571

Yeah I had the same problem, I had only a single +12v rail as you, and that was trying to power everything with mobo/all the case fans and other things in found in there + the power consuming 88000 GTS.

 

Basically this produced rails to drop amps down causing the whole system to crash while playing.

 

But then again it depends on what other parts you have in the setup as well. Check out this one:

 

http://www.extreme.outervision.com [...] orlite.jsp

 

Helped me to get a recommended total W estimate.


Message edited by krillz on 01-04-2008 at 12:41:48 AM
Reply to krillz

Please replace your PSU ASAP. You will be happy you did, because those cheap PSUs die after about a year (max) or 6 months of use. Read this:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=108088

and then get a PSU from the top tires.

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Reply to Shadow703793

If I try installing the card and it's not enough am I at a big risk of damaging the card itself?

Reply to bigb41571

bigb41571 wrote :

If I try installing the card and it's not enough am I at a big risk of damaging the card itself?



You shouldn't have to worry about damaging the card, the worse that'll happen is that either it won't start or run like crap.

Reply to g-paw

thanks for all your answers

Reply to bigb41571

lol dont be so sure bout urself, ive had cheapy psu's burn motherboards ram and hard drives b4, but nvr vid cards

Reply to monste4321

Got the card in and running, so far no problems over 2 days, no thanks to my clumsy fingers.

Reply to bigb41571

bigb41571 wrote :

Got the card in and running, so far no problems over 2 days, no thanks to my clumsy fingers.



Glad it's working. When you have the money or for your next new build would be good to get a better PSU

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