Is 400Watts enough?

[DEATH eVADER]

Basicly I will be upgrading from a Sapphire 9800SE to a BFG 6600GT. However I don't know what the difference in wattage is, so if possible could someone possibly help me with this lingering question, is 400W enough?

The specs in my sig should help you with a solution

 

[Kyorisu]

Going Nvidia eh! I'd go bigger, after all Nvidia just loves to suck power.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

It looks like that the BFG at load will consume 183watts, trying to find a link so I can compare that with my other card

http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q1/6600gt-agp-comparo/index.x?pg=8

 

[Asus]

FYI that is system power consuption in that link. And yes, a 400 Watt should be fine as long as you don't have 3 or more harddrives. Just don't get a cheapy.

 

[nofx]

I have a 6600GT Chaintech 120GB hard drive, dvd rw and it runs perfct on 400w

 

[Killing2Live]

It really depends on how good the power supply, any Antec, Enermax, Fortron etc will do fine yet other "crappy" power supplys might not work at 400 watts

 

[nofx]

It really depends on how good the power supply, any Antec, Enermax, Fortron etc will do fine yet other "crappy" power supplys might not work at 400 watts

Totally true I have an Antec btw.

 

[3ssence]

That will do just fine for that graphics card

 

[matt jonz]

Nice gfx card, but takes more power than Las Vegas

 

[3ssence]

That power supply would run a 6800GT just fine, so you will have no problems with that 6600GT

 

[Icarusintel]

400 watts won;t even power my vibrator