psu's??

[Electroshadow]

i all im about to upgrade my graphics car to a 280gtx but i thought that i may need a new psu.

currentley i have an old casecom 500w that i have had for 8 years and got it for free with a £11 case. it is just a standard atx no modular connections.

could someone let me know what i need... do thses cards need direct psu power connections?

 

[Fire Wizard]

Hello Electroshadow, you will defiantly need to change your power supply unit if you are looking at running an Nvidia GTX 280.

What are the specifications of the rest of your system?

 

[Electroshadow]

Q6600 @3.3ghz
alaska evo blue cpu cooler
Neo2-FR iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX
8Ghz of OCZ DDR2 REAPER X EDITION ENHANCED BANDWITH
Vista Ultimate
2 x 500gb drives
wireless card
creative fx sound card
lg blue ray dive
panasonic dual layer cd burner drive
acer 24" G24 gaming screen


current power supply (case com 500watt)
current card (8800gts 320mb)

 

[Fothsn]

Running that on a £11 PSU! Wow Need a new one ASAP look here;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-CS

 

[Fire Wizard]

Hi Electroshadow, either the Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU will be fine or if you are looking for a bit more head room then the Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU will also be absolutely fine.

If you are not interested in a modular power supply unit, then the one Fothsn has linked too will do the job.

 

[Electroshadow]

yeah i know ive had this psu for 8 years...

its been on this system for 8 months now no problems so far.