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niranjan162

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Ive read some reviews of the power supply and it seems good however i was wondering if the 460w is enough to power the x1900xt i just got. I just got one optical drive, one hard drive, and single core. Although I might upgrade to dual core and another hard drive, when i get some cash. You guys think thats enough power. Mostly just worried if its enough for the vid card though?
 
for about 20 bux more you can get a more mainstream brand name PSU that I would trust alot more than that one. But 460w would be just fine.
 
niranjan162 said:
Ive read some reviews of the power supply and it seems good however i was wondering if the 460w is enough to power the x1900xt i just got. I just got one optical drive, one hard drive, and single core. Although I might upgrade to dual core and another hard drive, when i get some cash. You guys think thats enough power. Mostly just worried if its enough for the vid card though?
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What kind of power supply do you have?
 
I have a shitty 300W one now, i havent even tried hooking up the x1900xt to it yet. I ordered the masscool one should be getting here 2moro and i can finally install the x1900xt. here is a link to another forum where people have to supply and say its good and theres some other review saying its good too on the net. I just wasnt sure if it would have enough wattage to power it. Also it says theres 18A on the 12V rail is that enough?
 
I believe that ATI suggests 30A on the 12V rail for the X1900 XT. I do know that they suggest 30A on the 12V for a fact for the X1900 XTX.

Please note: I mean that they suggest 30A for the 'average system' with a X1900 XTX. I assume that means a couple of fans, one or two opticals and one or two HD's. I do know that I use a 380W Antec 2.0 PS that 'only' has 32A on the 12V rail (16A + 16A on each 12V rail), and my system with 3 HD's, one Optical and 5x 120mm fans runs just fine.
 
yup! Assuming ur system isn't a beast with 10 hdds you can get by wtih say...a truepower antec 480w...i know this will work because I had the same card with my current PSU (antec) which supplies enough ampage off the 12v rail(s). Works very well with my current card too.

Before I purchased the antec, I actually used two PSUs and had good success. I'm not recommending it to someone who's never opened the case but for the rest of us, it works pretty damn good. Just a thought. :)
 
yea the one i got has 18A+18A on the both 12V rails. I just picked it up its sitting on my desk, but i got a quiz in 20 minutes so i cant install it till later. I am also working in a SFF case. So jamming this in with a x1900xt is gonna be fun. Thank god i got the short DVD drive. I'll post later on how it worksm although im not sure how to measure voltages and such. Will everest work?
 
Always wise to have a solid stable PSU. You've got 36A's available on your 12v so if the PSU can do what it says you're OK
 
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