This PSU Power Enough for Radeon 2400HD Pro?
Leonardo
Wake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, Alaska Icrontian
I'm helping a friend stabilize a video upgrade he just performed on an older e-Machines PC. I won't bore you with all the specs, but here are the pertinent ones:
300Watt (junk, I assume) PSU
AMD Sempron 3300+ (2.0 GHz) CPU
optical drive
one P-ATA hard drive
Visiontek Radeon 2400HD Pro, AGP, 256MB vid card, AGP
The video card is his upgrade.
He's having power problems - no big surprise. I have an old but barely used 400W Zalman PSU in the parts bin. I has all the connectors he needs, but I'm unsure if it will provide the necessary amperage for his computer. The +12v rail only caries 18 amps max sustained, 19.5 peak. Is that enough for his system? I couldn't find any specs on the 2400HD Pro's power consumption.
300Watt (junk, I assume) PSU
AMD Sempron 3300+ (2.0 GHz) CPU
optical drive
one P-ATA hard drive
Visiontek Radeon 2400HD Pro, AGP, 256MB vid card, AGP
The video card is his upgrade.
He's having power problems - no big surprise. I have an old but barely used 400W Zalman PSU in the parts bin. I has all the connectors he needs, but I'm unsure if it will provide the necessary amperage for his computer. The +12v rail only caries 18 amps max sustained, 19.5 peak. Is that enough for his system? I couldn't find any specs on the 2400HD Pro's power consumption.
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It's really satisfying to help someone out, to find a solution with a component that otherwise is doing no one any good, just sitting in the parts bin. I always get a warm and fuzzy over things like this.