Hello,
I'm just a bit confused as to how much power (W) I should be looking to get for this card....
I've seen that under a full load this card's power consumption can get up to 475W:
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=24000&page=15
However, on the NVidia website it says the "Maximum Graphics Card Power (W)" is 250W:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_480_us.html
So....
Should I put this graphics card down as requiring 475W or 250W?
My power requirements list so far (if 250W):
Processor: 130W
Motherboard: 220W
Graphics Card: 250W
Hard Drive(s): 30W
TV Card: 21W
DVD Drive: 16W
Fan(s): 13W
Total: 680W
My power requirements list so far (if 475W):
Processor: 130W
Motherboard: 220W
Graphics Card: 475W
Hard Drive(s): 30W
TV Card: 21W
DVD Drive: 16W
Fan(s): 13W
Total: 905W
As you can see, it makes a huge difference as to what sort of power supply I'm going to be needing...
Thanks!
I'm just a bit confused as to how much power (W) I should be looking to get for this card....
I've seen that under a full load this card's power consumption can get up to 475W:
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=24000&page=15
However, on the NVidia website it says the "Maximum Graphics Card Power (W)" is 250W:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_480_us.html
So....
Should I put this graphics card down as requiring 475W or 250W?
My power requirements list so far (if 250W):
Processor: 130W
Motherboard: 220W
Graphics Card: 250W
Hard Drive(s): 30W
TV Card: 21W
DVD Drive: 16W
Fan(s): 13W
Total: 680W
My power requirements list so far (if 475W):
Processor: 130W
Motherboard: 220W
Graphics Card: 475W
Hard Drive(s): 30W
TV Card: 21W
DVD Drive: 16W
Fan(s): 13W
Total: 905W
As you can see, it makes a huge difference as to what sort of power supply I'm going to be needing...
Thanks!