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200W power supply on shuttle cases?

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mooky

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hey, I am thinking of getting one of those XPC Shuttle computers and i noticed on newegg that they only have 200 - 250 watt powersupplys. So would that mean that you wouldnt be able to use a 256MB video card in it because with video card like the 9800 pro it says that you should have a 300 watt power supply becuse the card needs power too. please help.

~Mooky
 
They work fine

I have a 9800XT in my SN62G2, and it has a 220w power supply.

The only problems I heard of are with AIW cards in the older 200w power supplies.
 
yeah I couldn't believe that those shuttles were actually running on low wattage PSUs... well I guess it should handle 9800pro...
 
thats weird.... why 300W for ATX cases and 200W for shuttle... maybe because there is only 1 PCI and 1 AGP. Thanks for the help guys. I look forward to buy one, they look so cool and aer so small. <3

~Mooky
 
ATI recommends 300w for the 9800 pro because they take into consideration all the other stuff you will have in a normal ATX case. With a shuttle you only have one PCI, one AGP, one optical drive, and one hard drive.
 
I was a little aprehensive about the 200 watt power supply at first also. Considering I was used to having at least 4 hard drives, 2 optical drives, various extra cards, and 7 fans in my old system, 200 watts didn't seem like much. However, with the Shuttle, I only have one hd, one optical drive, a couple fans, and the video card. A 200 watt power supply turns out to be quite enough.
 
Shuttle motherboards in there SFF cases have better power regulation so they can run off of less power. Because it is regulated very well.
 
No problems with my shuttle. 2.53P4, 1G DDR, 180G WD HDD, Radeon 9800 Pro. Everything runs great, except the video card get's hot enough to fry the hard drive. Working on modding the case to allow more air flow to the video card...
 
I've run a 9700 pro, Geforce4, and numerous others in Shuttles no sweat. They are good stuff.
 
How about that one 875 shuttle that had SATA Raid on board..

YOu think that would be enough power

Oced P4C
1GB DDR400
Dual SATA Raptors
9700 Pro
SB Audigy
DVD RW?
?
 
You will be FINE - I have NEVER heard of anyone not having enough juice in an SFF pc.
 
It honestly blows me mind that this question is still asked. Man I wish the search feature would come back.
 
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