Hello Lord Jepoen!
Hi, Welcome to the font of slimline knowledge!
Just like to say that I had the POV 8600 GT working in my slimline last year and mine has a 160watt PSU... Having said that! I would NOT recommend this as I noticed an increase in noise from ALL my fans and the top of my PSU was much too hot. I never got any errors but I soon changed to a lower graphics card ... the ATI HD3450 and now I have reverted back to my stock ATI HD2400 pro (which is by far the quietest and coolest) as my system is solely used as a HTPC attached to my TV. I have a custom built high spec rig for my gaming needs, to be honest its the only less headachey way of doing this... for my needs and experiences anyways.
In short a lot of people in here got a 8600 GT of some kind last year but one by one something wicked always happend to them, I was not prepared to take the risk and soon removed it, thats my experience.
I have heard that if you replace the CPU to a 45 watt jobby, with the 180watt PSU, you might just get away with it, but please.. I would recommend that you DO source the PSU, in the long term you will not regret it.
John.
Hi, Welcome to the font of slimline knowledge!
Just like to say that I had the POV 8600 GT working in my slimline last year and mine has a 160watt PSU... Having said that! I would NOT recommend this as I noticed an increase in noise from ALL my fans and the top of my PSU was much too hot. I never got any errors but I soon changed to a lower graphics card ... the ATI HD3450 and now I have reverted back to my stock ATI HD2400 pro (which is by far the quietest and coolest) as my system is solely used as a HTPC attached to my TV. I have a custom built high spec rig for my gaming needs, to be honest its the only less headachey way of doing this... for my needs and experiences anyways.
In short a lot of people in here got a 8600 GT of some kind last year but one by one something wicked always happend to them, I was not prepared to take the risk and soon removed it, thats my experience.
I have heard that if you replace the CPU to a 45 watt jobby, with the 180watt PSU, you might just get away with it, but please.. I would recommend that you DO source the PSU, in the long term you will not regret it.
John.