Enough Power?

geowal19 · 31 Dec 2008 at 19:11

Hi, I've just bough a shuttle xpc SP35P2 it has a 400w psu and was wondering wether it will be enough for this (it's the graphics card i'm most worried about:

E7300 @ 4.0Ghz
8Gb Ocz 800Mhz Ram
1 DVD Drive
1 Hard Drive
BFG GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB

Thanks

pastymuncher · 31 Dec 2008 at 19:23

It's only a low end card. Could'nt find figures for a 1gb version but the 256mb card draws 35w max load so i would say yours is around 40w max. Your psu is more than enough. My rig only draws 340w at the wall and that includes monitor, speakers and watercooling set up.

geowal19 · 31 Dec 2008 at 19:33

thanks for this i was worring seeing other people have a lower spec with like 750w psu's

pastymuncher · 31 Dec 2008 at 19:35

We buy big psu's when there really is no need for them. Prime example in my siggy.

Xplo · 31 Dec 2008 at 19:39

Agree with pastymuncher, the PSU will be fine. Shuttle PSU's are good quality and output there stated spec, and sometimes more-so!

Luxor · 31 Dec 2008 at 19:48

Yep, I can't see any problems. You can't go wrong with a good quality PSU but if your shuttle one is fine you are good to go.

geowal19 · 31 Dec 2008 at 20:58

Cool thanks thats great help

fullspizz · 1 Jan 2009 at 03:02

Another good word for shuttle psu's.
I had one running with a 4200@3ghz, 8800gts, 2 hard drives, optical drives and a couple of usb devices anf it ran flawlessly.