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please help me?dont wanna blow up my comp!

sedonn · 2006-05-14 18:09:20

What would happen if i put my new 7800GS agp (350 watt min) into my pc that has a max power output of 250 watts, do i have to get a new power supply.

14-05-2006 6:09pm

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What would happen if i put my new 7800GS agp (350 watt min) into my pc that has a max power output of 250 watts, do i have to get a new power supply.

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#2 14-05-2006 6:23pm

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One or two things might happen;

A) It's a high quality 250W PSU and can feed the power required for the 7800GS - such PSU's are usually only found in SFF systems.

It's an old PSU it cant feed the power to the GPU and system instability will occur as a result.

If B is the correct scenario then yes you need a new PSU.

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#3 17-05-2006 7:51pm

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Also you couldent blow up your pc as the small 12vrail and 5voltrail power provided by the two rails in your psu wouldent cause a bang.;)
just follow procedure and you will be fine.
Get a decent psu because without decent power being supplied to the card and also your current spec is 100watts blow the minimum, this would lead to instability.

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