Submit Your Article Forum Rules FAQ About Us
Search the forums:

Tech Support Team


Hello and Welcome to Tech Support Team! Before you can start posting and answering questions, you'll have to register. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free! Feel free to browse through existing questions by choosing the forum you want to visit below.



Closed Thread
  #1 (permalink)   Top
Old 29th March 2008, 03:19 PM
Daveskater's Avatar
Community Moderator
 
Join Date: Dec 2007, 4,345 posts.
Location: Oxford, UK
Reputation: Daveskater will become famous soon enoughDaveskater will become famous soon enough
[SOLVED] Anyone know 8600GT requirements?

I'm looking at buying an XFX 8600GT Extreme for my new PC in the next couple of months, but I can't find how many amps it needs, and how much current. I've tried the nvidia site (never says this sort of thing) and the XFX site (also never says this sort of thing) so wondered if anyone on here knew what the requirements are for this card, or at least an 8600 chipset.

I think it might be 16A and 350W, but I don't know if that's right at all or not.

Here's a link to the card:
XFX 8600GT Extreme with Zalman Fansink 256MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDCP HDTV out PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer

And a link to the PSU I'm thinking of, if it's good enough
OCZ StealthXtream 500W PSU - 1x PCI-E 6/8pin, 2x SATA 12cm Fan - Ebuyer

Current specs for that PSU are on page 3 of here:
http://www.ocztechnology.com/drivers/OCZ500SXS.pdf

And I have another question too so off to Storage Devices I go
__________________
Numberwang!

A little air on the earth.
  #2 (permalink)   Top
Old 29th March 2008, 03:56 PM
bushwhacker's Avatar
Modding Expert
 
Join Date: Dec 2007, 848 posts.
Location: Northern Ontario, Canada
Reputation: bushwhacker is on a distinguished road
As far as i could remember, it should be around 20A.

Hopefully this could helps. I guessed just a tick off. ^^

8600GT Power requirements - Silky Venom

8600gt and power supply upgrade

This one too.

Last edited by bushwhacker; 29th March 2008 at 03:57 PM. Reason: Added new linky. *=^_^=*
  #3 (permalink)   Top
Old 29th March 2008, 04:07 PM
Daveskater's Avatar
Community Moderator
 
Join Date: Dec 2007, 4,345 posts.
Location: Oxford, UK
Reputation: Daveskater will become famous soon enoughDaveskater will become famous soon enough
Cheers mate, that first link was pretty good.

Why didn't I try Google hehe

The OCZ PSU has a combined 27A so that would be fine then, plus I think that 500W would be more than enough to run the PC.

The rest of the specs are:
MSI K9N Neo-F V3 Socket AM2 nForce560 7.1channel audio ATX Motherboard - Ebuyer
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Socket AM2 2.3GHz 65W 1MB L2 Cache OEM Processor - Ebuyer
OCZ 2GB DDR2 Memory - Cheap at Ebuyer!
Western Digital WD3200AAKS 320GB SATAII 16MB Cache 7200 RPM - OEM - Ebuyer and a 160GB version of this for slave
Pioneer DVR-215SV 20X SATA DVD±RW DL Ram Int Silver - OEM - Ebuyer
Samsung SM920NW 19" TFT Monitor Widescreen 1440x900 700:1 300cd/m2 5ms VGA Silver/Black 3 Years Warranty - Ebuyer
Plus a SATA cable because the HDD's are OEM

Last edited by Daveskater; 29th March 2008 at 04:23 PM.
  #4 (permalink)   Top
Old 29th March 2008, 06:02 PM
bushwhacker's Avatar
Modding Expert
 
Join Date: Dec 2007, 848 posts.
Location: Northern Ontario, Canada
Reputation: bushwhacker is on a distinguished road
Dave, that is a sweet setup. I'm even impressed that you dont go to high end system there.

Good man.
  #5 (permalink)   Top
Old 29th March 2008, 07:17 PM
Daveskater's Avatar
Community Moderator
 
Join Date: Dec 2007, 4,345 posts.
Location: Oxford, UK
Reputation: Daveskater will become famous soon enoughDaveskater will become famous soon enough
Cheers mate I'm going for a fairly mid-range PC, then get another one in a few years I expect. I've had this one (well, my mobo a hard drive and floppy drive at least) for about 6 years now I think it is, so it's about time to change

If I had a slightly higher budget, then I would probably take the CPU a few steps up, maybe the 5400+ Black Edition, but I've put it together on a budget hehe
__________________
Numberwang!

A little air on the earth.
  #6 (permalink)   Top
Old 29th March 2008, 09:19 PM
bushwhacker's Avatar
Modding Expert
 
Join Date: Dec 2007, 848 posts.
Location: Northern Ontario, Canada
Reputation: bushwhacker is on a distinguished road
Oh here we go again
  #7 (permalink)   Top
Old 29th March 2008, 09:33 PM
Daveskater's Avatar
Community Moderator
 
Join Date: Dec 2007, 4,345 posts.
Location: Oxford, UK
Reputation: Daveskater will become famous soon enoughDaveskater will become famous soon enough
Haha

Well I've got the information I need, thanks a lot mate I suppose we'll go back to general chit chat hehe.
__________________
Numberwang!

A little air on the earth.
Closed Thread

Only registered members can participate in forum threads. You must register or log in to contribute.


Thread Tools

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 01:29 PM.






Post A Question!
Useful Links
Main Menu
Home
Forum Rules
FAQ
About Us
Welcome Pack
Search the forums
TST Mobile
Contact Us
Send Message

These are the 8 most used thread tags
Tag Cloud
geforce modem monitor no ring response no signal nvidia soft modem win7