Yet another "can my psu..."

[baconis]

Was looking to upgrade my ancient p4 2.8 gHz comp and was hoping to put off getting a new psu for a little while.

I'm currently running a EG465P-VE 460W v 1.2 I believe. I'm going to upgrade my motherboard, ram and video card. I was going to cruise along with my aging p4 for a couple months, then pop in a Q6600 quad when I get the cash together. Here's what I'm going to be running.

p4, 2.8 ghz,
EVGA 9600GT Superclocked 675MHZ 512MB
2 gigs of 6400 corsair
dvd drive of some sort
no fancy hard drive setup, no overclocking

Reading the requirements for the 9600gt and it says for single card set up I need 26A on my +12 (not sure what that means exactly), and on the side of my PSU it says (+12v - 33A).

Let me know.

 

[homerdog]

That's a good PSU. I don't think is has any 6 pin PCIe connectors, so you'll have to use an adapter to run a 9600GT. It should be powerful enough though.

 

[atarione]

what it means is that the PSU must have at least a 26A rating on the 12V rail to allow it (the psu) to power the video card and other components.

(obviously if you have a freakishly large number of hard drives or something (which it certainly doesn't seem that you do) you might have to adjust

as the previous poster says that should be fine... with the previously mentioned adapter (most of the cards come w/ the adapter )


also i just got a EVGA 9600GT KO and i'm quite happy w/ it... very very nice card.

my g/f is also happy cause her pc now has my old 7600GT

 

[randomizer]

Get this instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003&Tpk=450-vx

Same price, better unit.

 

[yipsl]

His Enermax has 2 six pin PCIe connectors:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194011

I'd say it's about a tier 3 in the rating system used in Tom's PSU wiki (that needs to be updated). It should be fine for a 9600gt.

Of course, it's always better to have overkill with a PSU. That takes a bit of the strain off, not running at full load. I had to upgrade to an Antec Neo 650 for the 6+2 PCIe connector for my card (needed 8 pin power). My wife got the Antec Neo 550 and our son got the Antec True Power 500 out of her PC.

Now, all we need to do is wait for the Phenom 9750, then they'll get 780G boards and I'll get a 790FX. Upgrading PC's is a fun, but expensive hobby.

 

[homerdog]

His Enermax has 2 six pin PCIe connectors:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194011

That's the 2.2 version, he has the 1.2, which as far as I can tell does not have any PCIe connectors.

 

[baconis]

Thanks for the info guys.. to clarify, I'm not buying a new PSU, I'm just trying to put a modest gaming system together from parts I already have.

Sounds like I'll be ok, might have to purchase an adapter, but it seems like the sorta thing that would be included with the card. (hopefully)

 

[randomizer]

Yea you'll be fine