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| Thread ID: 74968 | 2006-12-11 22:49:00 | Dilemma!!!!! | George2004 (6755) | Press F1 |
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| 506018 | 2006-12-12 01:44:00 | I once had this system: AsRock P4VM800 Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz 2X IDE Ultra ATA HDDs 1X DVD-RW 9600XT 256MB 1GB RAM Some random 250W PSU. After a week and a bit of heavy gaming, the damn thing blew. Literally. Fire, popping noises, the smell of melting copper....ain't a pretty thing. Sure, the 9600 cards should only draw about 25W of power, but 250W just isn't cutting it. What's all of your system specs? That way we can point out approximately what you need. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 506019 | 2006-12-12 01:53:00 | Why be so negative, there must be lots of computers on office desks that are using 250W PSU. Yes but they don't have graphics cards in them. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 506020 | 2006-12-12 02:27:00 | PaulD, it's not about being negative. It's more of a matter-of-fact thing, that you simply can't avoid. You can't act very positive towards electronics in hopes their spirits listen to you lol....I learned that the hard way I guess. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 506021 | 2006-12-13 23:29:00 | I once had this system: AsRock P4VM800 Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz 2X IDE Ultra ATA HDDs 1X DVD-RW 9600XT 256MB 1GB RAM Some random 250W PSU. After a week and a bit of heavy gaming, the damn thing blew. Literally. Fire, popping noises, the smell of melting copper....ain't a pretty thing. Sure, the 9600 cards should only draw about 25W of power, but 250W just isn't cutting it. What's all of your system specs? That way we can point out approximately what you need. Fortron fsp 250 PNA Pentium 4 2.4 2 hd's 704mb ram cd rw/ dvd |
George2004 (6755) | ||
| 506022 | 2006-12-13 23:37:00 | Well I would still get something better than 250w . Or else the videocard wont be the only thing that'll need replacing . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 506023 | 2006-12-14 00:00:00 | Maybe you could borrow 20 bucks and get a better, used PSU off TradeMe. | Greg (193) | ||
| 506024 | 2006-12-14 00:46:00 | There are a lot of Dells running 9600s on small but good PSUs that deliver more than their rated output. If George2004 was to spend only $20 he would be likely to end up with some timebomb like a Hyena or similar. He should say what he hopes the 9600 will achieve as it's probable he will have to get another PSU anyway when he finds that the 9600 was a waste of time. | PaulD (232) | ||
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