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P4 1.9 Dell
Dell 300watt power supply

Should this machine be able to handle the 9800 pro? If not, why?



Lew/+Silat
 
P4 1.9 Dell
Dell 300watt power supply

Should this machine be able to handle the 9800 pro? If not, why?



Lew/+Silat
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I'm running a 9800Pro on my Dell 8300 P4 3.0. Not sure of the power
supply that comes with it. I do know the fans kick into overdrive at
times *s*.
 
The power supply from Dell probably will be inadequate to power the card.
Also there is a large mismatch between your CPU's speed and the 9800's.
 
Lew/+Silat said:
P4 1.9 Dell
Dell 300watt power supply

Should this machine be able to handle the 9800 pro? If not, why?
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The power supply is going to be marginal. May work or may not depending on
the details.
 
Im replaced my old power supply with a new Antec 480w TruePower and its so
quiet I cant hear from my chair.

I knew 480 would be overkill for the stuff i have whereas 350-380 would
suffice, but it leaves room for expansion without need of upgrading the PS
again.. plus with its current configuration theres much less stress on it

Im about as content as a gorilla in a monkey whore house with a truck load
of banana's
 
Im replaced my old power supply with a new Antec 480w TruePower and its so
quiet I cant hear from my chair.

I knew 480 would be overkill for the stuff i have whereas 350-380 would
suffice, but it leaves room for expansion without need of upgrading the PS
again.. plus with its current configuration theres much less stress on it

Im about as content as a gorilla in a monkey whore house with a truck load
of banana's
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it's not as easy to swap power supplies on dells. there are some
aftermarket ones, but they cost more
 
OverKlocker said:
it's not as easy to swap power supplies on dells. there are some
aftermarket ones, but they cost more
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Or you could buy an adapter cable and use any power supply you want.
 
300watt should be enough. here is what I'm running

AOpen HX08 case with a 300watt power supply
Video= Radeon 9800 pro
Memory= 1gb PC3200 400mhz
SCSI Raid controller= AAA-131u2w raid
drives= 2 36gb 10,000rpm cheetahs Raid 0
SCSI drive controller= 29160
Drives= 4 18.2gb in an external drive cage and
Processor= AMD 2600+ Barton 333mhz
Motherboard= Giga-byte GA-7N400 Pro2 NVIDIA nForceT2 Ultra 400 this board
kick ass Highly recommended
Onboard= 10/100/1000 NIC - 6 channel sound
CD/DVD= SCSI yamaha Burner, SCSI pioneer DVD reader, and Liteon IDE Liteon
4x DVD + and - burner
 
Thanks for all the info :) Ive advised my friend to up the power supply. And
to build his own machine next time :)
 
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