8800GTS/GTX and Antec PSU

[Viral]

Will either of the new 8800 cards work ok in my Antec Sonata 2 case with its standard psu?

 

[Viral]

The psu is a Smartpower 2 450w

 

[easyrider]

not really

if you have 500 for a GTX then you can afford a new psu

Probably ok though.

 

[Curio]

The psu is a Smartpower 2 450w

I would say yes. Antec Smartpower are usually rock solid - I only use Antec in my systems. I guess it depends on what else you have in the rig tho....if you have a bunch of hard drives, for example, then 450W might start to struggle.

 

[Viral]

Well my rig only has 1 HDD and 1 DVD drive so its not being taxed too much right now.

 

[2bullish]

Google is your friend, type in psu calculator

 

[Viral]

Ok well funnily enough my psu died a couple of days ago so I got myself a new Seasonic S12 500w psu. Do you guys think that it will be up to the job of powering a 8800GTS/GTX?

 

[Curio]

Yes no problem.