Hiya, Can someone please tell me if either of these PSU's will run an 8800 gs: 400 w Max +12v 1 = 14A +12v 2 = 13A OR 320 w Max +12v 19.5A (Yellow) Really confused about if our PSU will run it or not and any help would be great if you could explain what each bit means ^^ Thanks.
If you can tell us brand and model it will be easy to say. If those two are good brands they'll do the trick, but they're craptacular I'd say pass on them.
The first one is: Make: Allied Model: Al-8400BTX And the second one is: Make: FSP Group Model: FSP350-60MDN I hope these work because me and my brother went and bought the cards without thinking about PSU and can't really afford to buy new PSU's until next week / month. And if not can you recommend and good one please?
With the 400W one, you have no chance. The 320watt PSU might do it, but id really suggest getting a new PSU *edit* Didnt see it had two rails... 400W i'd say was in the same chance range as the 320 aslong as you power the GPU by its own rail.
Hmm rights, now thats a bigger problem. The FSP one is mine and the other is my brothers and we both bought the same card xD So theres a chance the FSP (mine) will work but his won't? Lol hes going to kill me Also another thing the computer with the Allied one has two Hard drives in.
I doubt that Allied is really a dual rail PSU...they lie...so it's not an issue at least. It can maybe do 13 or 14A on it's actual one rail...in a wind tunnel at the South Pole. No really the Allied is likely to fail at any time even without the 8800GS and likely to damage something else with it when it goes. I wouldn't use it period...the things shouldn't even be legal to sell they are that bad.
Ohh right lol. Yea well that Allied PSU was the one that came with my brothers computer and has been using it for like a year + so no problems as of yet but theres no chance of that working with the 8800 gs?
yeah ok but see it being a year old only makes it more likely to fail any time. Here's the scenario: You take a joke of a power supply that came free with a case...weaken it further for a year and then load it close to it's maximum capacity and it fails and fries your motherboard in the process. So now you not only need to buy a new PSU but a new motherboard. Smart money says just buy a decent PSU now...that's my advice...use at your own risk.
Right so I can use the FSP one thats in my computer for the 8800 GS and ive found an old PSU from my second brothers old computer that has: Make: Eye-T Electronics Model: EE-450 450 Watt +12v = 34 amps Guessing this will defernetly work. Also can you get a molex cable that will split into two? Thanks for all the help So guessing this will defernatly work for my brother
erm well Eye-T is on my Crappy PSU brands list too but I don't know who makes them. I guarantee its not 34A...even a high end modern 450W unit wont do that...is that what the label says? 34A? lol
You'd be lucky to see a 450W no name brand PSU to have anything close to 34A never mind a named brand, more likely will be around 18A or lower.
hmm well more info on the Eye-T would be nice...I reckon it's another low end overrated unit bundled with a case but if it's not from one of the utterly bad OEMs and can do upper teens or so on the 12V then uhm you have my permission lol
well I don't know who makes the Eye-T's...might be the same as Aspire/Apevia from the looks of some of their other products. A shot of the label would be nice or model and amp numbers off of it.
