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PSU query?

  • 28-10-2006 09:11AM
    #1
    Catsmokinpot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,622 ✭✭✭


    i just ordered an Club3D radeon x1900rx, and just noticed that one of its power requirements is a 450w psu but i only have a 420w, will this affect its performance by crashing/slower clock speeds? or will it make no difference?

    any help much appreciated :)


Comments

  • #2
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Wont make a difference it should be fine with the 420W.


  • #3
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,033 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Depends.
    If it's a good-quality PSU, it would probably be fine with even a 400W;
    if it's an el-Cheapo, the PSU is more likely to perform at <300W level ;)


  • #4
    Catsmokinpot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,622 ✭✭✭Catsmokinpot


    K.O.Kiki wrote:
    Depends.
    If it's a good-quality PSU, it would probably be fine with even a 400W;
    if it's an el-Cheapo, the PSU is more likely to perform at <300W level ;)
    its a Tagan i-Xeye it has special conectors especially for PCI-E but i dont know :confused: not really well up on my psu's

    got a bit worried when i saw the gfx card had a psu power requirement


  • #5
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Tagan are grand you should have no problems.


  • #6
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    Catsmokinpot wrote:
    got a bit worried when i saw the gfx card had a psu power requirement

    all vga's have a psu requirement?

    but yeah you'll be fine with that PSU, its ATX2 so it should have a dedicated PCIe 12v rail. Read up on the specs of it though.

    What is the rest of your system specs anyway? You don't have 6 HDDs, 10 USB devices and 4 Optical drives do you? :D


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