250W PS with a Radeon x700 Pro

[jbs4life]

ok, I'm new to computer hardware and installing new hardware. My current power supply is 250W and I'm looking to buy a new video card (ATI Radeon x700 Pro). But, the card says a 300W power supply or greater is recommended.

If I install the card with my 250W PS will it even work at all? Or will I have to dish out some extra money for a new PS?

Thanks.

 

[ibbonkers]

i'd get a new psu with that. your psu may or may not power the x700 even if it does manage to power it stability may be a huge issue. fortron makes a reliable cost effective psu, antec alsomakes good psu's just not quite as affordable

 

[jbs4life]

I'll check fortron out, thanks.

Do you think I should get just a 300W PSU? Or like a 350W?

 

[ibbonkers]

i'd go with a 350w personally. the less the psu has to strain the better. I've had an x700 and had a 350w psu behind it and it worked very well

 

[Major Noob]

The more wattage the safer

 

[jbs4life]

i'd go with a 350w personally. the less the psu has to strain the better. I've had an x700 and had a 350w psu behind it and it worked very well

How did you like the x700?

Basically I only want to play WoW (World of Warcraft) so do you think it will run pretty well with that game?

 

[jbs4life]

So a fan like this:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Mad-...28706/catOid/-13015/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Should be good?

And another thing. My current video card is integrated, so will I have to disable the integrated card before installing? Or can I just install the card without disabling the itegrated card?

 

[jbs4life]

How will I know if that PSU will work?

 

[Trifid]

Add some precuations before you jump into this. Who made your current system, as right now it looks to be a pre built one like Dell, which means you can't just stick a new PSU in. They will swap around the pins and change all sorts of things around, which means you can't just put a new PSU in.

The X700 isn't a very good card. What connector does your motherboard have? PCIE or AGP? For very slightly more you can get a 6600gt which is a better card than the X700 pro.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130220

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130214

 

[Biggie578]

I got this
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817171007
to support my new 6800GS AGP