6600GT and 6800 PSU requirement

emilyek

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350w or more with 20+ amps on the 12v rail by a solid manufacturer would be plenty-- unless you have a buncha hard drives and other stuff, then you might need 400+ watts.

Also, a good manufacturer's 3-400w psu will outperform a 600w!1!1 psu by a lesser brand anyday. A rule of thumb is to think quality manufacturer like seasonic, antec, fortron, tagan, with good specs-- not glowing lights, chrome and high watts.


I like to recommend the Xclio 450W and the FSP Fortron 400-- both solid, and cheap at $50.
 

Phillip

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cracking stuff so if I'm considering either of these, say a zalman>>300w? (which is nice and sssh quiet)
 

hans030390

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i have a standard 300watt psu (its really tiny too) with like 17A on the 12V rail. It runs my whole system stable.
 
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Nvidia recommends 300w for the 6600GT and 350 for the 6800, what you can get away with depends on the quality of the PSU. I have a generic Rosewill 350w PSU that came with my case and it's running a 6600GT fine.