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  1. 01-23-2005, 12:10 PM #1
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    SFF power supplies enough?

    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.
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  2. 01-23-2005, 01:10 PM #2
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    Re: SFF power supplies enough?

    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/vid...v-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."
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  3. 01-23-2005, 08:54 PM #3
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    cool thanks for the link!
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    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
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  6. 01-24-2005, 12:26 PM #5
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    damn thats crazy, it is completely stable? no lockups or anything? guess ill get myself a 6600gt then.
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  7. 01-27-2005, 05:07 PM #6
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    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.

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