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will this power supply be enough?...

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BigGreg85

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So I plan to be this barebone system

And the only thing holding me back is the size of the PSU...its only pushing 220W...will that be enough to power a 6600GT, 200GB SATA HDD, 2GB memory, the motherboard, optical drive, and a tv card? If not, is there another PSU I can buy on newegg.com to put in there?


Thank you


I plan to buy that barebone along with 2GB memory today as long as that PSU will power that
 
hard to say
there are no specs on the supply

typically bundled supplies are rated to handle the capacity of the components they are bundled with more specifically they produce amps (current) on the rails (voltage) to deal with specifically what is in the box, anything more is considered waste

I wouldnt worry about the RAM as its drawing off the +3.3V\+5V rail, but adding in that 6600GT might be an issue either immediately or long term depending.

Total wattage wouldnt exceed the rating but you have no idea if thats a continuous rating or peak
but more importantly what amps to what rails there are
Amps times Voltage equals Watts
a mismatch is trouble

Id research what other people who have got that box have done and try to find out more about that supply, its a smaller form factor than ATX12V, which makes substitutuion problematic without any additional info. Start with the Albatron site.

You can either take it on faith that Albatron has anticipated your needs or research
 
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