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**linderman** · 07-03-2008, 01:24 PM

there is no way in hades a 350 watt power supply will run that card ! hell even a high quality 450 watt power supply really struggles to run the 8800GT ...... and the Dell supplies are far from high quality!

a fella came in the shop a couple of weeks ago with a 450 watt Seasonic and the 8800GT this dude was complaining of system overheating with cpu throttling back ........ that poor power supply was pushing hot air like a hair dryer !

550 watt high quality would be the least I would try that >>>>>> even then a 650 watt would be FAR smarter

07-03-2008, 01:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 15,195 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: Help a novice buy a PC there is no way in hades a 350 watt power supply will run that card ! hell even a high quality 450 watt power supply really struggles to run the 8800GT ...... and the Dell supplies are far from high quality! a fella came in the shop a couple of weeks ago with a 450 watt Seasonic and the 8800GT this dude was complaining of system overheating with cpu throttling back ........ that poor power supply was pushing hot air like a hair dryer ! 550 watt high quality would be the least I would try that >>>>>> even then a 650 watt would be FAR smarter __________________ If you cant be polite and friendly; then please be silent. Power Supply Selection Last edited by linderman : 07-03-2008 at 01:26 PM.