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eshine1
01-23-2005, 11:10 AM
i just got a Biostar IDEQ 210v with AMD XP 2700. i plan on putting in 512 megs RAM and an ATI9600XT. is the 200 watt PSU enough for this? is it even possible to put in, say a geforce 6600GT with gig of RAM and run it on a 200 watt PSU? the wattage seems kind of low. im not too familiar with SFF and how they work.
marv
01-23-2005, 12:10 PM
Originally posted by eshine1
i just got a Biostar IDEQ 210v with AMD XP 2700. i plan on putting in 512 megs RAM and an ATI9600XT. is the 200 watt PSU enough for this? is it even possible to put in, say a geforce 6600GT with gig of RAM and run it on a 200 watt PSU? the wattage seems kind of low. im not too familiar with SFF and how they work.

Most of the SFF power supplies are of good quality. I have a 9800Pro and a 9600XT running in two seperate systems (P4's 3.0GHz, DVD, SATA drive etc.)with 220 watt rated power supplies. Stick with a ATI card for SFF systems, they draw less power on the 12 volt rail. Xbit's has a nice article on power consumption of the newer cards, a link is below.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/ati-vs-nv-power_9.html

From the article:
"Still, it is not perfect. New graphics cards on NVIDIA’s GPUs are misbalanced as concerns power consumption. The most powerful cards put a heavy burden on the +12v power rail, and this is the real reason – not the total power consumption of the device! – why you must ensure your PSU can stand such a strain before purchasing the card."
eshine1
01-23-2005, 07:54 PM
cool thanks for the link!
kpxgq
01-24-2005, 06:55 AM
my biostar 200n has the same 200watt PSU

im running
- overclocked mobile 2400
- radeon x800 xt (most power hungry ati card out)
- ati tv wonder card
- 3 case fans
- 16x dvd burner
- 200gb SATA hdd
eshine1
01-24-2005, 11:26 AM
damn thats crazy, it is completely stable? no lockups or anything? guess ill get myself a 6600gt then.
kent1146
01-27-2005, 04:07 PM
I run an OC'ed Athlon 64 3500+, an x800XT vid card, 1GB of RAM, a DVD burner, and a Western Digital SATA Raptor in a Shuttle case.

I was AMAZED to see that everything ran cool, quiet, and stable.

Yo should be fine too.