08-24-2011, 01:27 AM
(08-23-2011, 03:45 PM)rosli_2252 Wrote: I'm using Core 2 Quad Q8400 OC'ed to 3.2 ghz, does it eat a lot of watts?
Hmm..this mean i have to spend more to upgrade my rig. What brand you guys would recommend?
I don't want very expensive PSU, just enough to power up 1 HD6950 2GB when i installed in my pc..
First of all, the Q8400 is not a great consumer of Watts, it uses about 137 watts at full load from what I found. So that's ok to me.
I'd get the HD6950 2GB, test it out with your current PSU, and if you feel that the card is not fast enough when rendering textures or it feels slow, then I'd get a cheap Antec 600w PSU that will be most likely good and would be more than enough to run all that. Remember that you're gonna need 2x6-Pin PCI-E connector from your PSU for that card. The HD6950 uses about 180W at full load actually, so you may be fine.