WHAT KIND OF POWER SUPPLY DO YOU NEED FOR THE 9600?
This is a discussion about WHAT KIND OF POWER SUPPLY DO YOU NEED FOR THE 9600? in the Ati General Topics category; wow googlegear is good, that p42.0 is over $600 in us dollars while googlegear has it only for $439.00 and it comes with the fan and heatsink. hey also what i noticed instead of getting a coolermaster fan above you can get a thermotake dragon orb(still cheaper than 292.
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WHAT KIND OF POWER SUPPLY DO YOU NEED FOR THE 9600?MIGHT UPGRADE AND GET ONE.AND WILL YOU SEE AN INPROVMENT FROM 8500LE?
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> 350 W would be great, also for future upgrades. Myself has a 450 W PSU.
I needed a good PSU to make my *ECS K7S5A* to work properly with a geforce3. So I choosed a Enermax 450W PSU to replace my old *no-name* 300W PSU...
You won't see any framerate improvment by getting a better PSU, you just need a new PSU if you have stability problems or need to overclock.
You won't see any framerate improvment by getting a better PSU, you just need a new PSU if you have stability problems or need to overclock.
As the great man said; well anything above 300 is generally sufficient for computer with a standard setup i.e. no more than 3 fans and 1 hdd 2 drives etc. And yes it is likely to be faster than your 8500 provided your cpu is fast enough to scale up to its performance so if you had a 2gz cpu for example it would now much faster with the 9600 now than if you had a 500mgz cpu. Basically it is more than proportionally scaled. There will be a base level increase in the performance in both cases.
And er quit using the fuc.king caps it makes it harder to read
And er quit using the fuc.king caps it makes it harder to read
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k no CAPS LOCK
> 350 W would be great, also for future upgrades. Myself has a 450 W PSU.
isnt that PSU a bit too loud ??
my pc is next to my bed...I hear always that noisy "wrrrrrrttttttttttt" :x
isnt that PSU a bit too loud ??
my pc is next to my bed...I hear always that noisy "wrrrrrrttttttttttt" :x
Nope, it s very silent.
I have an Enermax 350W PSU and it runs great. Running XP1800+ at 3000+, 512mb, one HDD, CD, CDRW, 10 fans, Gf4... no problems.
Don't get anything else than a brand name PSU. No name PSU egg. 300W usually gives only 220-250W. A brand PSU gives even more than labeled. (Enermax 350W gives 390W)
Don't get anything else than a brand name PSU. No name PSU egg. 300W usually gives only 220-250W. A brand PSU gives even more than labeled. (Enermax 350W gives 390W)
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WHAT YOU MEAN BY EXTERNAL YOU DONT HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE PC???????????? YOU PLUG IT IN FROM OUTSIDE?
WHAT YOU MEAN BY EXTERNAL YOU DONT HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE PC???????????? YOU PLUG IT IN FROM OUTSIDE?
If you want to, you can have it external. My friend has it's main PSU running all the components except the fans. They're running off a external PSU.
I am using a P4 2.8 800 w/hp, 512mb Mushkin Black level 3200, ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128, Audigy 2, onboard lan etc. I have random restarts which I think may be due to a generic 300 watt power supply, I'm not sure exactly, but I was wondering the same thing. I will try a 450 watt Enermax, and see if it helps. Only 1 case fan too, but it must be the dang Radeon doing it. Even though it's a .13 part, you still gotta wonder why the 9700 and 9500 etc. have the extra power connecter and the 9600 does not...
Maybe because the 9700/9500 are more powerful and need more power :P
That's useful thanx!
Ive been using a 300W for over a year now, all is Good !
Ive been using a 300W for over a year now, all is Good !
Must be a very good quality 300W PSU
What's your voltage level on 3.3V 5V and especially 12V (with load)?
Its a ALLIED but even ATi says 300W is enuough for the 9800's.
