Power Supply

[gnostic57]

I have a 500 watt power supply in my pc, I would like to to replace the current video and soud cards. Will a 350 watt or greater sound card and a 500 watt video card function properly on that 500 watt power supply?

 

[mfarrukh]

What is your video card?
If it iis one of the ATI's 5xxx series(except 5970)
Then it is fine

 

[gnostic57]

My video card will be the EVGA 9800 GT and Asus Xonar D2X sound card.

 

[mfarrukh]

It should run fine
without a problem

 

[Petrofsky]

I have a 500 watt power supply in my pc, I would like to to replace the current video and soud cards. Will a 350 watt or greater sound card and a 500 watt video card function properly on that 500 watt power supply?

It depends on what else you're running and the capacity of your 12-volt line. The specs for the video card say it wants 26 amps. Use a PSU calculator like the one at Cooler Master to determine how much PSU you need, and then beef it up 20% for luck. Look at the label on your now or future PSU, or look it up online, and be sure it has enough 12-volt amps on the line you'll be powering the video card with. That card, the 9800 GT, comes with an adapter so you can power it from a hard-drive power plug. The sound card will not pull anything like 350 watts, more like 35.

 

[gugusnat]

blabla

 

[gnostic57]

Best answer selected by gnostic57.