How much PSU power for 8600 GT?

Vulcan · 27 Jul 2007 at 16:06

Looking to get a 8600 GT with a low end Intel duo & 1 GB of RAM, how much power would it roughly require?

hp7909 · 27 Jul 2007 at 16:15

325W PSU :eek:

See here

Vulcan · 27 Jul 2007 at 16:26

Ah nice find.

I was planning on a 350 watt, but I think I'll go with 400 watt to be sure.

Final question, will the CPU a Duo E2160 2 x 1.8Ghz, cause a bottle neck with the 8600GT?

hp7909 · 27 Jul 2007 at 16:48

Recommend you get 450W minimum & a reputable brand. 400W limits your upgrade option because cards higher than 8600GT require that

Hawk Tuah · 27 Jul 2007 at 17:32

Just get a 700 watt one, then you wont ever have to worry about it.

Its not as though theres a big price difference.

gord · 27 Jul 2007 at 17:35

Get a corsair, 520W.. its not ridiculously expensive. Its a quality piece of kit. It'll power your system no troubles and would power a slightly more powerful computer for when you upgrade. Assuming you will upgrade once, extending the life of your computer by another year or so, the PSU will be able to keep up and wont have degraded too much.

Remember, you will probably go for an entirely new system in 4 years or so.