Will this power supply work for me?

[Rich011874]

Hello Everyone,

I really have a quick question. I just bought a Geforce 9600 GT KO card and my power supply now is a turbo link crap so I'm thinking of buying this power supply and was wondering if it would work well for this video card. I figured the +12 volt at 35A should work fine (video card requires at least 26A).

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2143209&CatId=1483

Thanks for the help

 

[ekoshyun]

Don't see why it wouldn't. Although if you have other powerful components like 2gb+ ram or an overclocked CPU I'd go with 560w or 600w.

 

[kagebarton]

You should read some of the Ultra reviews on [H], there product quality varies WILDLY from model to model.

I'd suggest anything by Corsair instead, even a 450W will probably be better than that, and for not much more money too.

 

[Dangman]

There are much better choices out there for $60 and under.:
Silverstone ST400 400W PSU - $45
XClio Stablepower 460W PSU - $52

 

[Jasgripen]

If you have an overclocked quadcore and 10 harddrives a system with that GFX card might draw 26A, but for a dualcore and a couple of harddrives its much less....

Just to give you some perspective, hers my rig:

E4300 @ 3ghz
Abit IP35 - E
HD3870
Antec Earthwatts 380
1 HD
1 DVDRW
4 x 1 gb DDR2
2 casefans

Idle : 79w ( from wallsocket )
Game: Crysis demo ~180w ( from wallsocket )
Maximum measured : 208w (from wallsocket) ( orthos + ATItool)

Since the EA380s maximum efficiency is ~ 85 % ( 220v europe ) my components would at the most draw 208 * 0.85 = 176,8w from the PSU


Here is the EA430 for under $50

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371006

Reviews of the EA and the Corsair VX450 ( both are built by Seasonic )

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article684-page1.html

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article751-page1.html

 

[lamboman]

I agree with the above two posts. They are all great power supplies.

 

[Riles]

I burned out an Ultra 550w in less than 45 minutes on my system- Q6600 oc w/ 8800gt oc. I probably just got a bad one, but oh well. I went with the earthwatts 500w and it only heats up under real heavy load.