I have a 480 watt power supply in my dell xps 8500.
The computer has an intel i7 3770, 4 4gb ddr3 sticks, a 6gb/s 2tb hard drive.
I am looking to upgrade my graphics card to a Radeon 7970 and run 3 monitors off the system, and according newegg, I need at least a 500 watt power supply. Using the website http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/Power to figure out my required wattage (using the specs above, as well as the new card that I will be installing) to only be about 400 watts. So my question is, do I need to upgrade my power supply? If I don't upgrade my power supply, will it damage other components?
Thanks for your help!
The computer has an intel i7 3770, 4 4gb ddr3 sticks, a 6gb/s 2tb hard drive.
I am looking to upgrade my graphics card to a Radeon 7970 and run 3 monitors off the system, and according newegg, I need at least a 500 watt power supply. Using the website http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/Power to figure out my required wattage (using the specs above, as well as the new card that I will be installing) to only be about 400 watts. So my question is, do I need to upgrade my power supply? If I don't upgrade my power supply, will it damage other components?
Thanks for your help!