Is Gigabyte 460 W enough fr sapphire 6850

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Is gigabyte 460W (2.1k..

) sufficient fr my system....????

i'm currently using

"Dual core E5200 2.5 Ghz

Sapphire 6850 1GB GDDR5

3 GB DDR2 RAM

2 Hdisks (Seagate 500 Gb SATA + Hitachi 80 Gb PATA )

No cabinet Fan

DVD ROM

Gigabyte G-41-MES2L v 1.0 Motherboard"

and most important i hv a CRT monitor 17"....does a CRT only consumes 80 W of power??

yep, it will handle your gfx card just fine.

Yes, its sufficient for your system.

The oem platform in the Gigabyte Superb is FSP, basically a 400 watt SAGA, 460 watts is it's peak power rating.

So better get a FSP 500W which will be more than enough and gives more headroom.

Yup, it is enough for your card.
But a better PSU will be required if you want to Overclock it

But OP u can get FSP Saga ii 500 at tat price

First, that E5200 itself is a huge bottleneck for HD6850. And using a 17" CRT for a HD6850? Even a HD5750 which costs half the price will do.

PSU: get something better. Get a 550W atleast (in case your upgrade your processor to a quad core in the future)

^^ desibond is right. even my e7400 is failing to feed my 6950. OP should look for 5770 or 5750.

First of all if possible get FSP SAGAII 500W at that price. Its better than Gigabyte Superb Flow 460W.
Finally, if u r not going to change ur monitor then get a 5670 for 4.5k. Getting a 6850 for a 17'' Monitor is just not recomnd'd.

it could be enough, but not recommended, get a better PSU when you have the money. Overclock the processor, my E5200 went up to 3GHz on stock voltage. Get something like a seasonic 430W/520W PSU. Its good to spend on your PSU, so please don't neglect it...

thanxx all fr ur suggestions......

after going through all of ur cmnts i am planning to go for coolermaster xtreme 460 W (2.7k)....wat say???

or should i go for FSP saga 500 W....which is a bit cheaper???(around 2k)

Stick to FSP saga 500 W, forget CM extreme series...

thanx manju....so finally decided...will go fr FSP saga 500W