How many watts do I need for my new psu?

[wickedwow]

I just fried my psu yesterday, probably a short circut or something anyway, I was considering a new psu, however i'm not sure how many watts i should use.

Here's my pc specs.

Asus M2N motherboard
Nvidia Gefore 7800gt 254mb
1024mb DDR2 Ram PC6400
AMD Athlon 64 x2 5200+
250 gb hardisc, ehm if there is anything more y'all need to know just post.

I'am trying to cut the expenses to a minimum, don't have a lot of cash at the moment. Any suggestions on which power supply?

 

[bushwhacker]

I calculated the total of your power requirement. It leaves you the... 387W, including your 2 DVD Burner.

So your safe bet is 400W to 450W, which it is very typical

You can pick it up for about 20 to 80 bucks per unit at computer store.

 

[dustin_ds3000]

heres one for you
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153052

wow two posts that that same time

 

[bushwhacker]

It is too much, dustin

I calculated that WickedWow only need 400 to 450W.

Newegg is a good bet.

 

[dustin_ds3000]

cost to much or to much w, you can never have to much w

 

[bushwhacker]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153023


39. Beat that by 20 bucks.

 

[dustin_ds3000]

the 7800gt Requires Minimum of a 450 Watt power supply. and you never want to have to bear Minimum, always go for more that you need

 

[bushwhacker]

Not what the calculator said.

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

 

[wickedwow]

i gotta agree with dustin, i'll go for the 500w, cuz 400w doesn't sound right, the one i fried i think was actually 450w or something...
Anywhooo thanks for the help! btw newegg doesn't help me, i live in Europe

 

[bushwhacker]

Newegg ships to EU also.

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Taken from HERE.

• Newegg.com does not offer International/Canadian shipping options at this time.

I believe they do or are going to ship to Canada.

I don`t think Newegg ships to the EU as yet. whether they will in the future remains to be seen.

Regards Howard

 

[bushwhacker]

Wow... I think it is time for me to double up the coffee...

Wicked you can pick it up from www.tigerdirect.com, perhaps?

 

[Row1]

google:
"geforce 7800gt" and "wattage":

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/geforce7800-gt_5.html#sect0

repeat for "amd 5200", etc.

i think those calculators are almost always way too high.

 

[Tedster]

check it out: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

then add 30% for cushion.