Original S12-330 enough for AGP x1950GT?

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Badger
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Original S12-330 enough for AGP x1950GT?

Post by Badger » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:20 pm

e4300 at 2.4ghz, 1.15v
2x512mb ram
120gb 7200rpm HD
Audigy 2 PCI
TV Tuner, PCI
rarely used DVD-RW/CD-RW
2x120mm fans

A lot of the newegg reviews say you need a bajillion amps on the 12v rails to run the AGP x1950gt

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102093

I have an S12-330 (not the II version)... is it going to be strong enough?

http://www.seasonicusa.com/s12.htm

Thanks guys

EDIT: Should say that it's handled a 6800 vanilla and 7600gt just fine, no problems

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Post by Elixer » Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:24 pm

If SPCR can run an overclocked Pentium D with a x1950xtx card from a 350W power supply, then you can have no doubt that you'll be able to run an undervolted E4300 with a 1950gt from a 330W power supply. Your maximum power draw I would guess to be less than 200W with the 1950gt. See this article for more details:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article28-page1.html, especially page 4

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Post by Badger » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:12 pm

yayyyyy, if anyone wants to buy a 7600gt it's on ebay right now.

The link you posted doesn't appear to be working, but if what you say is true, then that's nice to hear.

edit: got the link to work, you just put an extra comma at the end

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Post by merlin » Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:11 am

Should handle easily and with a decent amount of headroom. You're even undervolting your cpu, which should help keep power down.

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