Recommended Power Supplies?

Major Johnson · 05-28-07, 07:46 PM

Well I spent a large part of my day researching this whole power supply thing. The specs on my card want at least 20 amps on the 12 V rail. My power supply is rated +12V1/22A, +12V2/22A and -12V/1A. I am assuming that 22 is not enough for my video card and it's getting worse everytime I try to play SH4, but only SH4. Now it shuts off when I try to load a saved game. I can't even uninstall SH4 without it shutting off. So I'm pretty much dead in the water as far as SH4 goes.

The highest 12v rating I've seen on NewEgg was 34A from an Apevia power supply. I might go for that one for only 60 bucks. Now I've seen 12V, +12V and -12V. I'm assuming the 12 and +12 are the samething. But I guess what I'm learning is that wattage is everything nowadays. You have to really dig into the specs.

05-28-07, 07:46 PM	#10
Major Johnson Frogman Join Date: May 2007 Location: Jeresey Shore USA Posts: 288 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Well I spent a large part of my day researching this whole power supply thing. The specs on my card want at least 20 amps on the 12 V rail. My power supply is rated +12V1/22A, +12V2/22A and -12V/1A. I am assuming that 22 is not enough for my video card and it's getting worse everytime I try to play SH4, but only SH4. Now it shuts off when I try to load a saved game. I can't even uninstall SH4 without it shutting off. So I'm pretty much dead in the water as far as SH4 goes. The highest 12v rating I've seen on NewEgg was 34A from an Apevia power supply. I might go for that one for only 60 bucks. Now I've seen 12V, +12V and -12V. I'm assuming the 12 and +12 are the samething. But I guess what I'm learning is that wattage is everything nowadays. You have to really dig into the specs. __________________ MJ! ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD FX8350 8 Core 4.0 Ghz CPU GeForce GTX 560 Ti PCIx Video Card 8 GB Corsair Vengence RAM Rosewill 850W Power Supply