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6600GT Power

Yes. Depending on what else you have in your system. Alot of people seem to think that you need 600Watt's to power a machine. This isn't correct most of the time. Your average machine is fine on a 300Watt or 350Watt. Even some high performance machines are fine on that provided they don't have a bunch of hard drives and optical drives.
 
I have a 380 watt Antec True Power and it runs everything fine, with plenty of wattage to add things. What kind of 6600gt is it?
 
Depends on what you are running...but in my case

3200+ XP, 1 GB RAM, 1 HD, 1 DVD ROM, 1 6800NU put me at 200 Watts max...hope this helps.

-tReP
 
Z(+)DIAC said:
I have a 380 watt Antec True Power and it runs everything fine, with plenty of wattage to add things. What kind of 6600gt is it?
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The specs of my PC are in my sig. I will probly be adding a DVD-RW. I am looking at the MSI 6600GT because i've never had problems with them and I like to keep my system PCBs red.

I am looking at the Antec True Blue? 350w if I need to upgrade.
 
I don't believe they make a True Blue in the 350 watt area, but in that of the 400. Plus I honestly would suggest not going with the MSI version, for there have been many complaints of cards arriving DOA or having circuit boards blow upon installation. I think the appeal of that card has to do with how much fricken software and games you get ;)
 
Look no further than OEMs when sizing your PSU size.

Funniest I've seen (a while ago)
IBM machine:
P4 2.4GHz
1 GB RAM
3 200GB HDDs
SATA RAID card
DVD-RW
9800PRO
2 fans
172W PSU, rock solid.
 
Sure, but you can get a 420 watt enermax for 70 bucks- comes with a seperate 12V for video card.
 
DeepGrey said:
Is 300w PS good enough to run a 6600GT?
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Yes and No.
Keep in mind that there is a huge difference between a quality name brand PSU and a no name, no quality control PSU even if on the label they list the same power output.
Many cheap brand PSU's will list power output for conditions that are no where near realistic. 600W PSU for $20.00 !!!!! (small print: But only when ambient temperature is 10 degrees.)
You get the idea.
I personally use a FSP460 and couldn't be happier.
 
kbong said:
Yes and No.
Keep in mind that there is a huge difference between a quality name brand PSU and a no name, no quality control PSU even if on the label they list the same power output.
Many cheap brand PSU's will list power output for conditions that are no where near realistic. 600W PSU for $20.00 !!!!! (small print: But only when ambient temperature is 10 degrees.)
You get the idea.
I personally use a FSP460 and couldn't be happier.
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Most reccomendations are made assuming the person knows the difference between PMPO and RMS.

If you don't : Basically, a "300W" cheap PSU is actually closer to 125W RMS.
Whereas a good "300W" (enermax, etC) is actually 300W RMS
So if you're going from a $20 "350W" to an enermax 420W, you're actually more than doubling, maybe tripling or quadruping your power.

Some speakers are even rated in some other rating like PPIOP or something, which turns 6.5W RMS into 1400W
 
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