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Old 05-26-2008, 11:52 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Confused how big does my power supply have to be???

i need help in deciding what power supply i need
i would like a green power supply!
my budget is £000-£50
my specs:[they are vague because i am not certain]
motherboard asus giga bit ethernet...775 socket
one hard drive SATA 500gb
two DVD rewritable drives one is light scribe SATA or maybe IDE
graphics card under £120 dual display 512-GB ram nvida
two case Fan 80mm and 120mm and CPU cooler
either two 2GB ram modules or four 1gb modules
Intel E8400 3.0ghz
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Old 05-26-2008, 12:19 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: how big does my power supply have to be???

it will depend on what video card
i can tell you now you are looking at 50+ for the power supply probably in the 70 region
this is in the wrong section the building section is for advice on what components
moving you to there
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Old 05-26-2008, 01:25 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: how big does my power supply have to be???

thanks for moving me!!!
i am new......
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Re: how big does my power supply have to be???

Post the video card type, an easy way to find it is to right click on the desktop , select properties , select the settings tab , click the advanced button at the bottem , then click the adapter tab. It will say there what video the pc is currently useing.
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i am not sure on my video card yet.......
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