meatfestival
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I have an old spare 7800GTX that could be put to use in my girlfriend's PC. At the moment it has some kind of Radeon X300 with a passive cooler and it really chugs in WoW, and even with games like Peggle.
The recommended minimum PSU for a 7800GTX appears to be either 350W or 400W with 22A on the +12v depending on where you look. The PSU in my girlfriend's machine does have 22A on the +12v, as well as the required 6-pin PCI-E power connector. Only thing is it's only rated 300W. It's made by Bestec if I remember right. Sounds crappy.
Have tried a few PSU calculators and it looks like the power requirements of her PC (at 90% load) would only be about 250W with the 7800GTX. Should I risk it?
The recommended minimum PSU for a 7800GTX appears to be either 350W or 400W with 22A on the +12v depending on where you look. The PSU in my girlfriend's machine does have 22A on the +12v, as well as the required 6-pin PCI-E power connector. Only thing is it's only rated 300W. It's made by Bestec if I remember right. Sounds crappy.
Have tried a few PSU calculators and it looks like the power requirements of her PC (at 90% load) would only be about 250W with the 7800GTX. Should I risk it?