power supply for XP 2500+ & 6800 GT

[frankierx]

Currently own Athlon XP 2500+, fx 5900 128mb, Enermax 350W ps. Will this be okay if I upgrade to a 6800GT?

 

[Sonic587]

Yes, it should be fine. You might be surprised to know that the 5900 (mid-high) series actually sucks down MORE power than the 6800s.

What model do you have?

 

[frankierx]

Originally posted by: Sonic587
Yes, it should be fine. You might be surprised to know that the 5900 (mid-high) series actually sucks down MORE power than the 6800s.

What model do you have?

i have the xfx fx5900 128mg

btw:

XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, TV-Out/DVI, 8X AGP, Model "PVT40AUD" -RETAIL

System requirements A 350W system power supply is highly recommanded
Intel Pentium, AMD or compatible CPUs
128 MB system memory or more
AGP compliant motherboard supporting AGP8X


newegg link

 

[Rike]

Originally posted by: frankierx
Currently own Athlon XP 2500+, fx 5900 128mb, Enermax 350W ps. Will this be okay if I upgrade to a 6800GT?

Should be no problem unless your running 4 or more HD's.

 

[Mik3y]

even a quality 240W can handle more then all that. you'll be fine with power to spare.

 

[frankierx]

Originally posted by: Rike

Originally posted by: frankierx
Currently own Athlon XP 2500+, fx 5900 128mb, Enermax 350W ps. Will this be okay if I upgrade to a 6800GT?

Should be no problem unless your running 4 or more HD's.

naw, only running 2 hd's; 1 hd with os and the other for storage.

 

[belazeru]

I ran my BFG 6800GT OC on a 300 watt psu that came with my case. So you should be fine.

 

[stevty2889]

It will definatly be fine, I am running my setup on a 350w enermax(6800GT and P4 2.8@3.5ghz)