Power Supply Unit problems

pdevine · 06-17-2005, 03:34 AM

Hi guys,

My 300watt atx psu died a few days ago. I managed to borrow a replacment psu for a while and everything works fine now. The only thing is that this psu is only 250w. I do a hell of a lot of gaming and I have a very powerfull graphics card which needs to draw power from the psu. My question is will 250w be enough to keep me going till i can get a new more powerful power supply or is there a chance of this supply dieing too?

**mgoldb2** · 06-17-2005, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by pdevine

Hi guys,

My 300watt atx psu died a few days ago. I managed to borrow a replacment psu for a while and everything works fine now. The only thing is that this psu is only 250w. I do a hell of a lot of gaming and I have a very powerfull graphics card which needs to draw power from the psu. My question is will 250w be enough to keep me going till i can get a new more powerful power supply or is there a chance of this supply dieing too?

What graphic card do you have and what are the amps on the 12V line of the PSU?

pdevine · 06-17-2005, 04:09 AM

The card is an ATI Radeon 9800XT 256mb card. I'm not sure of the voltage on the psu because I don't have it with me at the minute.

**mgoldb2** · 06-17-2005, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by pdevine

The card is an ATI Radeon 9800XT 256mb card. I'm not sure of the voltage on the psu because I don't have it with me at the minute.

ATI says the 9800XT require a 300 WATT PSU. It hard to say if your 250WATT PSU will hold out. IF it a really good 250Watt psu it might be enough. If I was you I would consider investing in a new PSU.

pdevine · 06-17-2005, 04:27 AM

Ok thanks a million.

06-17-2005, 03:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
pdevine Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Power Supply Unit problems Hi guys, My 300watt atx psu died a few days ago. I managed to borrow a replacment psu for a while and everything works fine now. The only thing is that this psu is only 250w. I do a hell of a lot of gaming and I have a very powerfull graphics card which needs to draw power from the psu. My question is will 250w be enough to keep me going till i can get a new more powerful power supply or is there a chance of this supply dieing too?

06-17-2005, 04:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
pdevine Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3 OS: XP	The card is an ATI Radeon 9800XT 256mb card. I'm not sure of the voltage on the psu because I don't have it with me at the minute.

06-17-2005, 04:27 AM	#5 (permalink)
pdevine Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Ok thanks a million.