6600GT and 6800 PSU requirement

[Phillip]

can anyone help? thanx 🙂

 

[Phillip]

ps, do both of them take more than a 300w? (ok, i know the 6800 does)

 

[emilyek]

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]

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

 

[hans030390]

i have a standard 300watt psu (its really tiny too) with like 17A on the 12V rail. It runs my whole system stable.

 

[Inappropriate4AT]

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.