warchief1988
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Hello everybody i am new to this forum, and i noticed that you are answering alot of questions regarding video cards and power supplies, and i notice alot of intelligent answers from knowledgeable people so i thought id run this by you guys for a second opinion. So heres my situation, i am buying a video card and i have one picked out its a EVGA GeForce 8600GTS 256Mb, EVGA recommends a 400W PSU with a 12V current rating of 20 A or more. My PSU (below) is 305 W and a combined current rating of 36 A. Currently i have the below in my system, and if necessary i will take off the 80G HDD and shortly the two drives are being replaced with one. I think that i should be fine with my current PSU once im down to one HDD and one disk drive, despite the fact that i'm under the recommended power rating. So what do you folks think about this? On a side note the card i picked because of the price (197 CDN) and warranty if you have any better recommendations that is around the same price that would be cool too.
*Country is Canada btw.
My System (Dell Dimension 4700)
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.40 Ghz with HT
MEM: 2 x 256MB and 1x 512 MB @ 200MHz
GPU: Radeon x600 256 MB
HDD: 80GB 7200 RPM Sata, and a 250 GB Sata with a 16MB cache
1 16x PCI Express Slot
Power Supply
12V A - 18A
12V B - 18A
Rated Power
305W Max
*Country is Canada btw.
My System (Dell Dimension 4700)
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.40 Ghz with HT
MEM: 2 x 256MB and 1x 512 MB @ 200MHz
GPU: Radeon x600 256 MB
HDD: 80GB 7200 RPM Sata, and a 250 GB Sata with a 16MB cache
1 16x PCI Express Slot
Power Supply
12V A - 18A
12V B - 18A
Rated Power
305W Max