8800GT, how much power needed?

[JohnnyDollar]

I was going to purchase a PNY 8800GT 512 GDDR3 256 bit graphics card but i wanted to make sure my computer could hanlde something like this. I have a dell 4700 motherboard
P4 3.2 Ghz CPU
1.75 gigs of RAM 1 gig(2x512)+512mb(1x512)+256MB (4 slots total)
320 gig hard drive
X-fi extreme gamer sound card
480 watt power supply

Is that enough power for that card on my system. I know that PCI-E 2.0 works on regular PCI-E so i dont need to worry about that, and i don't have a 6pin power connector for PCI-e but the card comes with a 6pin adapter for cables my power supply does have so that's good, but do i need more power or am i good, or just barely making it. I dont want to fry another card because i didn't have enough power.

 

[BorisandBailey]

I'm not familiar with Dell products, but just offhand, if your graphics card is in the $50 to $75 range, I think it should handle your power supply. I have a 550-watt Ultra power supply, a lower mid-range ASUS motherboard for $90, and a PNY 8000 Nvidia graphics card and everything's fine.

 

[kimsland]

Free online Power Supply calculator: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

I'd be interested in other comments too