Friday, May 4, 2012

I have a 480W PSU can i run a 400W video card wtihout it draining the energy from other components?

im thinking of getting a new video card

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_557_558&item_id=028875

but im not sure my power supply can handle it

my power supply - 480W

Video card - 480W|||U should have specified what type of power supply do u use.



A 480W PSU with efficiency rating of up to 70% may supply power of up to 330W pure power.



The graphic card ur talking about is HD5570 of Sapphire. It's a low powered card and most often, card manufacturers tell us to get an overrated PSU to run the card just to be safe because most users don't understand the power efficiency ratio.



I'm sure that ur PSU is powerful enough.|||i would go with a 650W from corsair, but i think that graphics card is **** anyway.

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