Antec NSK1300

[Andy298]

Recently bought one of these as I'm building myself a 2nd PC. Inside is nothing special, skt754 Sempron, 512MB DDR 400, 80GB SATA HD, DVD RW etc but.... I love the case! So much I'm thinking of taking my main rig apart and putting it all in the Antec and using my Coolermaster case for the Sempron setup. Thing is though the Antec's PSU is only 300W so I'm just a bit concerned that this wouldn't power my Galaxy 6800GT. I checked on Galaxy's website and the minimum PSU for this card is..... yep 300W. Anyone know if the PSU would suffice or would I have to, if possible, get a bigger PSU?

 

[Andy298]

Afaik it is something like 18A recommended for a 6800 GT and moderate system load on the +12v rail. If your PSU is close will be a case of try it and you'll know

Hmm, was affraid of that
Might just try the card with the Sempron setup first see how it goes. I'm thinking the Sempron won't stress the PSU as much as my Athlon though
Do they make bigger PSU's to fit the Antec cubes?

 

[Andy298]

The PSU is probably quite powerful for a 300 Watt, they often are in SFF cases, would your Athlon rig actually fit in there though?

Yeh should do. Obviously I'd have to use the MB I bought that was initially for the Sempron, but it's skt 754 same as my current rig. It's not a great board, MSI K8MM3, but it has AGP for my Galaxy and I'd be putting in my 1GB RAM and Audigy 4. My ATX board isn't that great anyway, Gigabyte KN8S.