Ask by Zee: Is 50 watts enough for my computer?
Hey
I currently have a 450 watt power supply and my video card alone requires 400. Is it safe to leave only 50 watt for the rest of my computer? My desktop is a “HP Pavilion Media Center m8300f Desktop PC series”
My spec:
Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Media Center (32-bit)
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ (2 CPUs), ~3.0GH
Memory: 2942MB RAM
Hard drive 640 GB (2 x 320) SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec) 7200 rpm
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X RAM (+/-)R DL LightScribe SATA drive
56K bps data/fax modem
TV tuner card with FM tuner
My video card: e-GeForce 8600 GTS 512 mb DDR3 PCI-E
Selected answer:
Answer by Ben
The processor uses 125W, so no.
Answer by Gerald s
no you need more for the rest of your pc.
Answer by baudkarma
Your video card requires 400 all by itself? That’s some beefy card! Are you sure the manufacturer doesn’t mean 400 for the whole system?
There are a couple of online calculators that will give you a pretty good estimate of how much power you need for your system. Google “computer power supply estimator”.
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