GTS 250/375W PSU (Pic Included)

[RKuken]

Hello,

I have been running GTS 250 1gb XFX on a DELL XPS 410 PSU(375Watts)
My question is, am I safe here? The card runs fine(I only play dota2 and HoN) and the games run smooth. Please take a look at the snap of my PSU and suggest accordingly if I should stay at this setup.

Image backup: http://imgur.com/F6tyYi1


My specs are, Dell XPS 410 machine with,
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 / 2.4 GHz
4x1tb SATA hard drives, 1x2tb hard drive
2gb ddrII RAM

 

[rolandzhang3]

It states that the total +12v rail output is 30A which is definitely enough for a GTS 250

I've been running my GTX 260 off a PSU with only 26A on the +12v rails for nearly 5 years so I'd say you're pretty safe :lol:

Nvidia's specifications on the card state that it draws 150W maximum and you're getting just that from the motherboard (75W) and the 6 pin PCI-E connector (another 75W)

Dota 2 and HoN aren't very stressing games so you're not going to be drawing too much power to stress your PSU

 

[RKuken]

Thanks. I'd like just one more input from someone.
Also I was worried about 5 SATA 7200rpm hard drives in conjunction with the card.

 

[rolandzhang3]

Woops I missed that, holy damn so many SATA drives :lol:

Depending on which drives you have they may apply more or less strain on your PSU on startup since that's when they consume the most power

This similar post certainly explains it better

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/262119-32-hard-drives-window