I have a motherboard that recommends a 350 watt power supply or higher but i only have a 220 watt power supply. What do?
full specs including brand/model of PSU?
I think it would all depends on the rest of your hardware
Ok this is what I go by, I would say this is max load of any component. Then make your calculations.
CPU - 100watts (+/-20watts depending what you go with)
RAM: - 35watts per 512mb
CD/DVD drive - 25watts
HDD: - 25watts
Floppy - 5watts
GPU: - 50watts (+/-20watts depending again what you go with)
Typical pci card: 10-20watts
Mobo: - 40-60watts
CPU Case Fans: 5-10watts
I would go with the higher numbers to complety on the safe side.
you really need atleast a 400W FOR any gaming
EDIT: did i help you?
[QUOTE=killerjak7;26920002]I have a motherboard that recommends a 350 watt power supply or higher but i only have a 220 watt power supply. What do?[/QUOTE]
That's a recommendation based on the idea that you'll use that motherboard in the typical way the company expects. For instance, if it has onboard video then they assume you'll only be using onboard video. They assume you don't have 5 case fans with full lighting. They assume you're not running RAID drives. They assume you'll have one optical drive...and so on.
Main thing- for newer systems(dual core or more) you want to see the majority of PSU power on the 12v output. Example: Let's say your 250W PSU puts out 8A at the 12V output, that's 96W(8x12). This means that out of 250 total watts, only 96 are available at the 12v, that's not good. You want over, well over, 50% of your power coming out of the 12v.
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