7600gt power supply

[jasonlim]

Im about to upgrade from my 6600gt to a 7600gt. Ive read that a minimum power supply of 350W and 18Amps on the 12V rail is needed. Now will this do?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153027
It says it only has 14/15 A on the 12V rails, not 18A.. but there are 2 12V rails, so does that mean 14+15= total 29A? and it can easily power a 7600gt then? or do i need a minimum of 18A on at least 1 rail? Any help?
Thnx in advance

 

[schneiderguy]

yes it'll be fine for a 7600gt. thermaltake isnt the best power supply manufacturer though

 

[hans007]

yeah thas plenty.

i've run a 6600gt on a psu with less than 18amps. and well the 7600gt draws even less power than a 6600gt. you shoudl be fine.

 

[Kromis]

Heck, 7600GT doesn't even need extra power! Of course it'll work!

Alright, that's 'nuff said. I think jasonlim knows the answer now.

 

[jasonlim]

Yep i do now , thnx for the help guyz

 

[jasonlim]

actually, in that case would it even be nessesarry for me to change my PSU as ive currently got a thermaltake XP480 400W that came with my case...
after reading this review though http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/power/tt_xp480.html i thought i better upgrade... but if it runs my 6600gt fine then my 7600gt will be fine too then? even for overclocking on a 17amp 12v?

 

[coldpower27]

A 7600 Gt consumes less energy then the 6600 GT, it's a MAJOR increase in performance/watt. Cheers

 

[TheRyuu]

What about FSP?

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: jasonlim
actually, in that case would it even be nessesarry for me to change my PSU as ive currently got a thermaltake XP480 400W that came with my case...
after reading this review though http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/power/tt_xp480.html i thought i better upgrade... but if it runs my 6600gt fine then my 7600gt will be fine too then? even for overclocking on a 17amp 12v?

thats probably enough.

honestly you could probably even run a 7900gt since that uses maybe 5 watts more than a 6600gt at load.

 

[iamaelephant]

The 7600gt has very low power requirements, you will be fine with your current PSU.

 

[Powermoloch]

my 7600GT KO works like a champ with my dell 5150 with it's stock 305 watt PSU :shocked:

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: wizboy11
What about FSP?

If you mean FPS, the 7600gt is a huge leap in performance compared to the 6600gt, the fps increase would of course differ between different setups/games/settings but on average it would definitly kill a 6600gt.

Originally posted by: hans007

thats probably enough.

honestly you could probably even run a 7900gt since that uses maybe 5 watts more than a 6600gt at load.

Yeah, I saw somewhere that the 7900gt (at stock I think) does 50w load draw. Gotta hand it to nvidia for that one.

-SZ

 

[smthmlk]

err woops

 

[LOUISSSSS]

fsp PSu will be much better than a Thermalcrap psu

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: wizboy11
What about FSP?

If you mean FPS, the 7600gt is a huge leap in performance compared to the 6600gt, the fps increase would of course differ between different setups/games/settings but on average it would definitly kill a 6600gt.

Originally posted by: hans007

thats probably enough.

honestly you could probably even run a 7900gt since that uses maybe 5 watts more than a 6600gt at load.

Yeah, I saw somewhere that the 7900gt (at stock I think) does 50w load draw. Gotta hand it to nvidia for that one.

-SZ

i think he meant an fsp group ppower supply.

i actually have a 300 watt forton source power supplye (FSP group / sparkle). make sure you get an ATX 2.0 compliant one not a 1.3. even a 300 watt fortron atx 2.0 has 22 amps on the 12v rails.