Pavillion Elite e9250t confusion

[abzirian]

So at hp's site:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01911656&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

they show the configurable options available to this particular machine. The power supply is fixed at 350 W, and probably a generic stock psu at that. If you go to graphics, you will see the option of a radeon hd4850.

Can anyone with this machine confirm that they have a 350W psu with the 4850 card? I'm just curious because I never imagined that a generic 350W psu would be ample for a 4850 card.. I want to know since hp may ship me this unit, and I want to upgrade it to a 5770 which has less power draw than the 4850.

 

[abzirian]

or confirm the 350 W with a gtx 260 (also an option with high power requirements)

 

[deathsentry]

I have an HP Pavilion Elite e9250t PC that is running with an AMD radeon 5460 which requires only a 250w power supply

 

[Proximon]

A single 4850 will draw about 150W max, less in normal gaming:
http://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/index.php?showtopic=264

GTX 260 is just a bit more, maybe 175W

So yes, a PSU actually capable of 350W continuous load would be safe enough. We would never recommend such but in the world of pre-builts they like to cut things close and save every dollar they can. That said their PSUs usually do operate within ATX specs, so no worries.