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Old 08-02-2008, 04:56 PM   #5 (permalink)
Pedro
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Originally Posted by Grim View Post
I used the newegg power calculator thing they have and it comes up to 250w needed
Ok your video card alone
Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N861-AR GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

"System Requirements Minimum of a 400 Watt power supply
Minimum 450 Watt for SLI mode system"

That's just the Video card's need when it comes to power, start adding up everything else and the 430W won't keep up, and if it does it will be barely doing so, not to mention that leaves no room for future upgrades (unless you also upgrade the PSU in that future)
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