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Venice 3000+ / PCI-E 6600 GT power requirements

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Illidan

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My current 300 watt power supply has the 20 pin Mobo plug along with the square 4 pin CPU plug. The max load for the 12v rail is 13amp, and from all that I don't think it'll run the A64 mobo with PCI-E 6600 GT graphics I'm planning to buy. I'm only running one 30 gig hard drive, so I shouldn't need very much power. Any suggestions for cheap power supplies that will do what I need without crapping out on me?
 
Much thanks. That's better then anything I've seen so far. I have to rant that power supply prices in general have shocked me. The Enlight case w/ power supply that I've run on for three and a half years was.. sixty or seventy bucks at most, and I had been hoping that solid 300-350 watt supplies would be down to thirty bucks or so.. does anybody know if there's going to be much of a price drop on stuff like this in the near future?
 
The Enlight case w/ power supply that I've run on for three and a half years was.. sixty or seventy bucks at most, and I had been hoping that solid 300-350 watt supplies would be down to thirty bucks or so.. does anybody know if there's going to be much of a price drop on stuff like this in the near future?
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Meh - Zalman's high quality. You can get 300W psu's for much much cheaper. But don't look at the wattage. If you were to compare it to the same scale CWT (ChannelWell Technologoies, the guys that make Antec) uses, I'd say it's closer to 380W.
 
you need a 24pin.... dont do the 20->24pin adapter. Don't skimp on PSU... its as important as anything in your system. $70 can get you a very decent 400W+ PSU... used you can get a great one for that price.
 
24 pin for ALL NF4 chipset boards. Avoid the use of 20/24 adaptor because the contact resistance will drop your line voltage by approximately 0.2VDC (0.01 ohm contact resistance at 20A = 0.2VDC). For BEST performance, the power wires should be soldered directly to the PCB inside the PSU.
 
i ran an fx55 , with an x800xl . 1 hard drive, 1 dvd writer on an antec smart power sl350 350watt. ran fine. 16amps on 12v.

i'm assuming your current power supply if its a decent brand like an antec would probably be fine for a venice 3000 and a 6600gt if you dont have like 15 hard drives in you computer.

 
Originally posted by: Operandi
Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Nah. You've got a PCI-E card, so it's an nForce4 and requires a 24-pin PSU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103935
You can't go wrong with Antec.
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All PCI-E, nForce4 boards are 24 pin ATX?
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24-pin is best, but you don't NEED it. My system has been running perfectly stable for 3 months with a 20-pin antec truepower 480. It overclocks fine aswell. MoBo manufacturers are going to 24-pin even when it's not necessary.

Anyway, I would reccomend an Antec TruepowerII 380W-550W. 380W will be heaps enough for you now, but getting a bigger one may let you upgrade to more power-hungry components in the future.
 
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