Hi Troops,
I've "inherited my old PC from work and my plan is to use it almost as a home server.
I've been given an MSI N250GTS Twin Frozr 1G card by a friend to slot in, but I don't have enough power (According to the box, it needs a SYSTEM power supply of 450W and I only have 375W).
Now, I can easily rock in a separate power supply just for the card but my question is, exactly how much "additional" power will I need for this card?
I don't want to have to pull out the original power supply and fit a larger one, as there's nothing wrong with it.
I assume that there's no point in adding an additional 450W when I'm not actually doing any gaming with the card?
All ideas welcome...
I've "inherited my old PC from work and my plan is to use it almost as a home server.
I've been given an MSI N250GTS Twin Frozr 1G card by a friend to slot in, but I don't have enough power (According to the box, it needs a SYSTEM power supply of 450W and I only have 375W).
Now, I can easily rock in a separate power supply just for the card but my question is, exactly how much "additional" power will I need for this card?
I don't want to have to pull out the original power supply and fit a larger one, as there's nothing wrong with it.
I assume that there's no point in adding an additional 450W when I'm not actually doing any gaming with the card?
All ideas welcome...