Is my PSU enough for a 9600GT?

cypris · 26th Apr 2008, 04:14 PM

My current GeForce7300 has been showing symptoms of dying:
Pixel artifacts, any video or 3D playback will result in the system crashing.

Thinking of getting a 9600GT but am worried if my CoolerMaster 450W PSU will not supply enough juice. It list 18A and 16A respectively on the 12V rails but these are rated at maximum/peak. While continuous is only 12A & 10A.

The thing is...I have 5 hard drives... AMD x2 4200 and 4 sticks of RAM, soundcard and a DVDRW currently.

Do I trust the peak figures or continuous figures of the PSU 12V rails? or...dare I say it? get a higher capacity PSU? >_< (nuuU!)

er.. help?

Trinity · 26th Apr 2008, 05:55 PM

Try this calculator.

eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite v2.5

miahman · 26th Apr 2008, 08:23 PM

i did see a new PSU.

it was corsair tx750W (it was made to go with SLi ready stuff) might wanna check it out

ZuePhok · 26th Apr 2008, 10:02 PM

you are good to go!

Trinity · 26th Apr 2008, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZuePhok

you are good to go!

That sounds like a quote from the movie Contact.

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ChampionLLY · 26th Apr 2008, 11:04 PM

since its impossible to having 5 hdd + optical drive + ram + cpu + gfx to be running its full power @ the same time.. 450w shld be more than enough..

ram's power consumption is negligible (<20W)

9600gt eats around 65W

Lacus · 26th Apr 2008, 11:50 PM

hmm but then it depends on which type of CM 450W psu it is. The Extreme Power or the Real Power?

Chai · 27th Apr 2008, 02:15 AM

More than enough.

Max_87 · 27th Apr 2008, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

More than enough.

Ditto!

slugbug · 27th Apr 2008, 12:52 PM

With the influx of bigger and more powerful psu's on the market, some people think that they actually need all that power. The truth is 450-500w is more than enough for most peoples needs.

26th Apr 2008, 04:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
cypris Super Active Join Date: 21 Feb 2005 Location: Tropicana~ Posts: 1,749 Reputation: 2517 Rep Power: 30	Is my PSU enough for a 9600GT? My current GeForce7300 has been showing symptoms of dying: Pixel artifacts, any video or 3D playback will result in the system crashing. Thinking of getting a 9600GT but am worried if my CoolerMaster 450W PSU will not supply enough juice. It list 18A and 16A respectively on the 12V rails but these are rated at maximum/peak. While continuous is only 12A & 10A. The thing is...I have 5 hard drives... AMD x2 4200 and 4 sticks of RAM, soundcard and a DVDRW currently. Do I trust the peak figures or continuous figures of the PSU 12V rails? or...dare I say it? get a higher capacity PSU? >_< (nuuU!) er.. help? __________________ \|\| AMD X2 5000 BE @ 3.1 \|\| 4GB DDR2 \|\| K9N \|\| 9600GT \|\| \|\| 2x320GB WD\|\| 200GB Maxtor \|\| 120GB Maxtor \|\| 250GB Maxtor \|\| \|\| Dell 2007WFP\|\| Dell 1707FP \|\| CM5 \|\| VS4121 \|\|

26th Apr 2008, 05:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
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26th Apr 2008, 10:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
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26th Apr 2008, 11:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
ChampionLLY News Writer Join Date: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,150 Reputation: 716 Rep Power: 11	since its impossible to having 5 hdd + optical drive + ram + cpu + gfx to be running its full power @ the same time.. 450w shld be more than enough.. ram's power consumption is negligible (<20W) 9600gt eats around 65W __________________ \| Core2Quad Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| KHX DDR2-800 CL4 2x512MB \| Hitachi 160GB SATA300 \| NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT OC \| BENQ 20.1" LCD \| \| Pentium-M 740 \| Kingston 1GB + Nanya 256MB \| Seagate 120GB 5.4krpm \| RADEON X700 64MB \| 14" LCD

27th Apr 2008, 02:15 AM	#8 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,350 Reputation: 3879 Rep Power: 71	More than enough. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

26th Apr 2008, 08:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
miahman I'm a regular Join Date: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 294 Reputation: 116 Rep Power: 2	i did see a new PSU. it was corsair tx750W (it was made to go with SLi ready stuff) might wanna check it out

26th Apr 2008, 11:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lacus Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 787 Reputation: 128 Rep Power: 2	hmm but then it depends on which type of CM 450W psu it is. The Extreme Power or the Real Power?

27th Apr 2008, 12:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
slugbug Warming up Join Date: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 84 Reputation: 106 Rep Power: 0	With the influx of bigger and more powerful psu's on the market, some people think that they actually need all that power. The truth is 450-500w is more than enough for most peoples needs.

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