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Murcie_LP640
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Murcie_LP640 asked in Computers & InternetHardwareDesktops · 1 decade ago

What sort of power supply would I need for this system?

Basically I currently have a HP DV6-2120TX laptop that I've been gaming on for the past couple of years now and it's been good...until Just Cause 2, and everything's been going downhill in terms of what it can and can't play since then.

I've found what I think is a decent new tower for my games and the only thing I need to buy is a graphics card for it, but it has a 550W power supply and, with me not being that clued up on desktop computers, I'm not sure if it's enough.

These are the specs on it:

- Intel i5-2400 3.1GHz with Turbo Boost to 3.4GHz

- ASRock motherboard (rather worryingly the page doesn't tell me the specifics)'

- 4GB DDR3 RAM

- Onboard graphics, but I'm planning on getting either an ATi Radeon HD6870 or a nVidia GTX560 Ti

- Sun Pro 550W PSU

Any tips? I'm trying to keep it under AU$1000 and I've got all the peripherals I need for it, it's just the tower.

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  • Jim
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    >I think you would be well advised to buy a 650 - 750 Watt PSU. The GTX 560 can pull up to 300 Watts at full load.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Both of those Graphics cards have a recomended 500watt manufacturer minimum requirement (thats not just for the cards themselves but the whole computer)And also require two 6 pin Pcie power connectors your really pushing it with that PSU not only because of the wattage but its a generic brand which generally wont supply reliable power

  • dorelus
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Voltage is the be conscious you're after. There are low voltage panorama lighting fixtures that run at 12 volts, and then there are panorama lighting fixtures that run on 120 volts. in case you attempt to run low voltage lighting fixtures with 120 volts, they are going to fail at present day. From what you've defined above, evidently you've toasted your low voltage bulbs.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    buy a 650 - 750 Watt PSU

    Source(s): http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-...
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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    All PSU's are essential the same. Just a difference in O/P current.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I wouldn't buy a system with an ASRock motherboard.

    They're budget boards...

    Build one yourself

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