I'm probably gonna buy the EVGA 8600 GT they have at circuit city tommorow, but before I do, I want to confirm that my power supply will handle it with no problems.
The power supply in question is a 400 Watt FSP (or Fortron, whatever they're called). EVGA's site said 350 is the minimum with 22 amps on the 12V rail. If I'm doing it right, this power supply should do 34 amps since the first rail has 18 and the second has 16. (someone correct me if i'm wrong)
I also put in my system info using a power supply calculator and only came out to a little over 300 watts and that was after I added an extra hard drive to my configuration.
Everything I've heard about Fortrons have been good and they can apparently handle just about anything you throw at them, but I want to make absolutely sure this thing will handle the video card I want before I get it.
Edit: Oh, I guess it'd help if I added the rest of my config (oops).
Athlon 64 X2 3600 Brisbane AM2
Biostar Geforce 6100 AM2 Mobo
2 Sticks 512 MB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 RAM
Two Case Fans (one 120 mm, one 80 mm)
1 IDE Hard Drive
1 IDE DVD Burner
1 Floppy Drive
6 USB devices (including USB keyboard and mouse)
Sound & NIC are onboard
The power supply in question is a 400 Watt FSP (or Fortron, whatever they're called). EVGA's site said 350 is the minimum with 22 amps on the 12V rail. If I'm doing it right, this power supply should do 34 amps since the first rail has 18 and the second has 16. (someone correct me if i'm wrong)
I also put in my system info using a power supply calculator and only came out to a little over 300 watts and that was after I added an extra hard drive to my configuration.
Everything I've heard about Fortrons have been good and they can apparently handle just about anything you throw at them, but I want to make absolutely sure this thing will handle the video card I want before I get it.
Edit: Oh, I guess it'd help if I added the rest of my config (oops).
Athlon 64 X2 3600 Brisbane AM2
Biostar Geforce 6100 AM2 Mobo
2 Sticks 512 MB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 RAM
Two Case Fans (one 120 mm, one 80 mm)
1 IDE Hard Drive
1 IDE DVD Burner
1 Floppy Drive
6 USB devices (including USB keyboard and mouse)
Sound & NIC are onboard