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"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:23:16 +0100, ati <ati@nospam.org>
> wrote:
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>Do you know where I can find wattage data for various graphic cards?
>>I'd like to calculate whether ati radeon all in wonder 8500 or 7500 would
>>work
>>in a case with 230W Power Supply Unit.
>>
>>a.
>
> A Ballpark guess would be in the 20-35W (7500/8500) range.
> less when not gaming. Whether the "230W" PSU has enough
> capacity mostly depends on whether 230W is it's true
> capacity, or a somewhat-peak rating, which power rails have
> the higher amperage potential (changes over time, older PSU
> had far more 5V/3V amps but today more 12V amps), and the
> rest of the system.
>
> Generally speaking, you could probably run a P3 era, up
> through Tualatin 1.4GHz (non-overclocked) and a basic 1 HDD,
> 1 optical, system ok with a decent 230W PSU. These days the
> price of a higher capacity PSU is pretty low though, if your
> system is at least a couple years old you might find good
> value in something like a Thermaltake 420W @ newegg.com...
> not that you need anywhere near 420W, but they've been on
> sale for about $36 and might still be.
I have that PSU, and I have no complaints about it. I've got 5 or 6 HHDs,
two opticals, 2.8GHz cpu, Nvidia FX5500, 768MB memory, etc. I've checked
the voltages with a multimeter too, during heaving cpu/IO, drives burning,
with very little fluxuation.
MC