Enough Power?

[Timmymeuk]

Just wondering if I will have any power issues with the "XFX GF 8800 GTS 500M 320MB DDR3"

My Specs will be q6600
2 500g Hard Drives
4gb Ocz Ram 800
1 Dvd Drive
and case and cpu fans.
using the 380w earthwatts psu

I dont think there will be any issues but just making sure

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

I would say you are cutting it very very close

 

[hp7909]

G80 GTS is power hungry

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

 

[Timmymeuk]

I would really like a 8800 though whats an alternative?

 

[hp7909]

Upgrade PSU to say a 500W'er & never* worry about 'Enough Power'

EDIT: Depending on res, ATI's 4670 is a good card

*unless you go dual cards or X2 or GX2

 

[EsaT]

G80 GTS is power hungry
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

And like usual that Extreme BullSh*t Calculator lies...

If CPU is at stock speed draw isn't that high.
http://web.aanet.com.au/SnooP/psucalc.php

 

[Mattus]

Q6600 at stock can draw 95W, overclocked will be lots more.
About 100W for the GTS
About 30W for the hard drives
10W for the fans, etc.
Maybe 20W for the DVD drive when running
30W for the motherboard

That's already coming up to 300W... there's no need to go crazy on PSUs, but running at 80% of the PSU's rating is probably not a good idea in the long run, especially if the PSU is quite old. I'd get something like a Corsair 520W to be safe... silly to build a nice system and compromise it with an underpowered PSU

 

[hp7909]

http://web.aanet.com.au/SnooP/psucalc.php

Well, that recommends a 367W decent/reputable brand PSU with combined 25.8A (309W) on the +12V Rail. The Earthwatts might meet this, but as mentioned you need to have some headroom & running it at a high/full load might not be good in the long run.

 

[Paul2506]

get a 500W to be safe,Just incase you want to add extra things into your computer at a later date