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« on: February 22, 2008, 08:11:35 PM »
The power requirement for a 9600GT(from BFG) is stated at 400W, based on a system with a core2 extreme x6800. Will my 375W powersupply be enough for it running only a core2 6300 (1.86GHz)?
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« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2008, 08:37:36 PM »
375 will be cutting it really close. It would be best to upgrade it to atleast 450.
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« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2008, 09:15:54 PM »
I have a 8600gt requiring a 350w supply in my 300w HP. I would say yes since your cpu is using less power then E6800
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« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2008, 09:47:16 PM »
Quote from: Blako on February 22, 2008, 09:15:54 PM
I have a 8600gt requiring a 350w supply in my 300w HP. I would say yes since your cpu is using less power then E6800

9600gt uses more power then a 8600gt
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« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2008, 10:52:49 PM »
I just got the 9600 gt.. i had to buy a new PSU with all of the nessessary stuff... the 9600 gt requires a 6 pin connector for power as your pci express slot cant power the whole card itself.. i bought a new 600 watt psu from tiger direct.. works great!
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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2008, 09:25:31 AM »
I said:
8600gt requires 350w, and im giving it 300w with a pentium D
9600gt requires 400w if running a E6800, I belive 9600gt with E6300 will be ok on 375w
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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2008, 10:45:54 AM »
Testing done with QX6750 at 3.0GHz, and compares 8800gt, HD3870, and a few 9600gt's
http://www.hothardware.com/articles/Nvidia_GeForce_9600_GT_Launch_and_3Way_Shootout/?page=7
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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2008, 10:52:14 AM »
The problem with wattages is that they're not very reliable for brandless PSUs. A 400 watt quality PSU can actually run a lot of high-end stuff (ok, no tri-SLI 8800 Ultra) with some effort, but a brandless one may just as well crash then burn then explode. Also, you see all those 1kW+ PSUs when there is no system at stock that can only work with that much power.
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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2008, 02:47:46 PM »
Right on RTB,
I found an Antec 1000W Power Supply between 80%-85% efficient.  So you can only put a load of 800w on the PSU.
8 Cores at 4.0GHz + 8800GTX = 623W
8 Cores at 3.2GHz + 8800GTX = 470W
4 Cores at 3.0GHz + 8800GTX = 241W
Article: Intel Power Consumption Then and Now
Processor power consumption chart

P.S. just the E6800 processor under load uses 67W, E6300(B2) uses 45W, E6300(L2) uses 37W
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« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2008, 03:45:09 PM »
Quote from: Blako on February 25, 2008, 02:47:46 PM
I found an Antec 1000W Power Supply between 80%-85% efficient.  So you can only put a load of 800w on the PSU.
False. The wattage number is how much watt it can support after conversion, so if a 1000W PSU is 80% efficient at 1kW, then it takes 1000*(0.8)^-1 or 1.25kW from the socket. Also note that the efficiency depends completely on the load, for a general PSU it's the most efficient around 50% of its maximum wattage.
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