IDEQ 200N and 6600 Nvidia?

[BergoniaC]

I whant to upgrade to a Nvidia 6600 on my 200Watt Ideq 200N. Has anyone done this or have this configuration? I understand that the 6600 recommends a 350Watt power supplied system, however I can't believe that the video card actual uses over 100 watts.

Current Config:
120G IDE HDD
DVD-RW
PCI Capture card (SageTV version)
512mb 400mhz Memory
2800+ Atholon CPU (Not overclocked)


My settings does not seem to take up too much of the 200 Watt.

thanks

[paulbeers]

You might be able to pull it off. In my client I am running a microATX board and no optical drive, all being powered by a 250 watt power supply.

[MoopZilla]

I'm using the iDEQ 210, which uses the same power supply, and have no problems with the 6600.

[BergoniaC]

Thanks for the input. I am going to buy a 6600.

[GbrNole]

i had issues running my 6600gt agp card on a 300w PS. for a standard 6600 you should be ok though.

[blade]

Originally Posted by GbrNole

i had issues running my 6600gt agp card on a 300w PS. for a standard 6600 you should be ok though.

The PS wattage doesn't matter that much. I've run my nforce 2 board with a 6600GT on a 230w PS without any problems and it won't even boot with some 400w ones I've tried. I'm using a 300w PS at the moment. The quality of the PS is a lot more important than the sticker the company decides to place on it that may or may not contain correct load ratings.