Need a card for socket 939 please

chaikovski2002

chaikovski2002

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Specs:
CPU: FX-60 soc939
MOBO: DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR
RAM: 2gigs OCZ pc3200
OS: vista x86 or xp pro x86 - undecided
Resolution: LCD 1680x1050

Price Range: $100-$170
 
Well, the board has got PCI-E and the FX-60 looks like a decent CPU (2.6 GHz and 2x1MB of L2) so I don't think the choice is any different than if you were looking for a $100 - $170 card for AM2 or S775... In that price range are the usual suspects.. 4850, 8800GT, 9600GT, 9800GTX...

Vista works fine with 2GB here.. Of course it will be even snappier with 4GB, but 2GB is fine and not a reason to go with the archaic XP instead.
 
I forgot to mention my PSU, its antec trueblue 480 watts, is it good enough to power those cards?
 
Leaning towards no. While I personally don't have any first hand experience with the Antec TruBlue series, 480w is pretty low now-a-days; unless your going HTPC.
 
That 480W PSU's got: 12V: 22A, 5V: 38A. Older PSUs prioritized the 5V rail instead of the 12V one. My old Antec 430W was the same: 12V: 20A, and 5V: 36A. Modern PSUs have more "juice" on the 12V rail instead e.g. 12V:33A and 5V: 20A on my 450VX ie. 132W more on the 12V rail even though it's just a 450W PSU.

That said, I used that 430W Antec for a short while with my system It got pretty hot and was struggling a little to keep the 12V rail at 12V. The FX-60 has a TDP of 110W so it's far more power hungry than my 65W X2. You're going to be cutting it close if it works at all. 12V total 264W - a 4850 and the CPU alone would use up 220W and you aren't really supposed to put PSUs under more than ~80% load.

Officially, ATI recommends a 450W PSU for the 4850 - but they probably assume you have a more modern PSU with a beefier 12V rail or two. Even the 450VX should be enough if you decide to get a new PSU, but if you want to be a little more future proof, get a quality 550+W PSU instead.
 
HyperTension said:
Leaning towards no. While I personally don't have any first hand experience with the Antec TruBlue series, 480w is pretty low now-a-days; unless your going HTPC.
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if its a quality 480 watt unit then it is way more than enough for him. he has a fairly basic system that wouldnt even pull 300 watts under full system load with a 4850.
 
HardwareGuru said:
Would this Antec Trueblue PSU be the 2.0 one?
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If it's the 2.0 one it should be fine, since it has got two 12V rails at 18A each. If it's the 1.0 version, then it doesn't matter if the system uses less than 300W because max output on the 12V rail would only be 264W.
 
Ill just get a new PSU from the egg with the new video card, theyre having a back to school sale.
 
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