Wattage of the SMPS required to run the following system

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Dear Support Desk,

I recently purchased Asus Xonar D2X (sl No - 14YACM002641). I inserted it in the PCI-E slot and connected the 4 pin floppy drive power cable with the power pin of the sound card. But after that when I switch on the power, no display is coming to the screen. My PC config is like this,-

Motherboard - Intel DH55TC
Chip - i3 (2010)
RAM - 6 GB DDR3
HDD - 2 nos. 500 GB seagata SATA and 1 unit of 1TB Seagata SATA.
DVD Writer - Sony
PCI-E graphics card
SMPS - 500w from Frontech.

I just want to know the minimum watt required to run the system. Will a Corsair 450w smps serve my purpose.

Please help me use this sound card.

Thanking you in advance.

Best regards,

tamal saha

Which graphic card do you have ALL graphic cards are PCI-e based.

Yeah in this case everything depends on your PCI-e graphic card.
Be exact which model you have?

450 watt SMPS will be more than enough for a Intel Core i3/i5 configuration like yours.

JGuru said:
450 watt SMPS will be more than enough for a Intel Core i3/i5 configuration like yours.

provided its from a company like antec/seasonic etc not zebronics/vip

@ Op - just two questions :

1. which graphic card do you have ? [ be exact about the manufacturer, model and series number ]
2. If you remove the sound card your pc boots normally ?

Mostly 450w PSU's will suffice your needs. The cheap and best are Antec VP450 > Corsair CX430 >Seasonic SII 520.

This may help you
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- Recommended Power Supply Wattage Calculator

Thanks for reviving an old thread .. seriously man, look at the Op's post date - he must have found his solution long ago.