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Title: Need help getting a Power Supply
Post by: MaskedBlood on September 01, 2008, 01:00:01 PM
Ok I don't know what kinda power supply I need to get..want to know if someone can help me. I need it to have a +12V rating of 30 or so it says for the Video Card. The specs for my computer are as follows:

Motherboard- ASUS M2A-VM SERIES AM690G Chipset support

CPU- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3 GHz

Video Card- Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT Performance Edition

Any help would be appreciated I am looking for recommended power supplies what should I get?
Title: Re: Need help getting a Power Supply
Post by: drmsucks on September 01, 2008, 01:28:43 PM
Figure out what components you will have in the system and look here: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/powercalc.jsp. This will give you an idea for the total size (watts) of the PSU - if you buy a good brand (Antec, OCZ, PC Power, etc.) In addition, because of the power consumption of your video card (up to 105 watts; ≈9 amps), you need a PSU with a least 30 amps on the 12 volt rail.
Title: Re: Need help getting a Power Supply
Post by: MaskedBlood on September 01, 2008, 02:01:45 PM
Quote from: drmsucks on September 01, 2008, 01:28:43 PM
Figure out what components you will have in the system and look here: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/powercalc.jsp. This will give you an idea for the total size (watts) of the PSU - if you buy a good brand (Antec, OCZ, PC Power, etc.) In addition, because of the power consumption of your video card (up to 105 watts; ≈9 amps), you need a PSU with a least 30 amps on the 12 volt rail.
Yes But the power supplies I looked at says it has 2 +12V's do I add them both up or are they seperate?
Title: Re: Need help getting a Power Supply
Post by: drmsucks on September 01, 2008, 02:21:24 PM
Sorry to mislead you - total amps on all 12 volt rails. And, that's just a minimum. 50% more would not be out of the question depending on your total hardware.

Take a look here for ideas: http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=58&name=Power-Supplies
Title: Re: Need help getting a Power Supply
Post by: MaskedBlood on September 01, 2008, 03:05:39 PM
Quote from: drmsucks on September 01, 2008, 02:21:24 PM
Sorry to mislead you - total amps on all 12 volt rails. And, that's just a minimum. 50% more would not be out of the question depending on your total hardware.

Take a look here for ideas: http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=58&name=Power-Supplies
So your saying you don't add the dual +12V's?
Title: Re: Need help getting a Power Supply
Post by: drmsucks on September 01, 2008, 05:12:18 PM
Yes - you do to get to the 30 amps. And I would suggest picking a PSU with >30amps, combined.
Title: Re: Need help getting a Power Supply
Post by: MaskedBlood on September 02, 2008, 02:19:30 PM
Thanks this was all I needed! ^^
Title: Re: Need help getting a Power Supply
Post by: drmsucks on September 02, 2008, 05:09:40 PM
Best of luck!