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PSU query?

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  • 28-10-2006 10:11am
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    Catsmokinpot
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    i just ordered an Club3D radeon x1900rx, and just noticed that one of its power requirements is a 450w psu but i only have a 420w, will this affect its performance by crashing/slower clock speeds? or will it make no difference?

    any help much appreciated :)


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    8T8
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    Wont make a difference it should be fine with the 420W.


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    K.O.Kiki
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    Depends.
    If it's a good-quality PSU, it would probably be fine with even a 400W;
    if it's an el-Cheapo, the PSU is more likely to perform at <300W level ;)


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    Catsmokinpot
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    K.O.Kiki wrote:
    Depends.
    If it's a good-quality PSU, it would probably be fine with even a 400W;
    if it's an el-Cheapo, the PSU is more likely to perform at <300W level ;)
    its a Tagan i-Xeye it has special conectors especially for PCI-E but i dont know :confused: not really well up on my psu's

    got a bit worried when i saw the gfx card had a psu power requirement


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    TerrorFirmer
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    Tagan are grand you should have no problems.


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    L31mr0d
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    Catsmokinpot wrote:
    got a bit worried when i saw the gfx card had a psu power requirement

    all vga's have a psu requirement?

    but yeah you'll be fine with that PSU, its ATX2 so it should have a dedicated PCIe 12v rail. Read up on the specs of it though.

    What is the rest of your system specs anyway? You don't have 6 HDDs, 10 USB devices and 4 Optical drives do you? :D


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