Graphics Card Shot :(

Jumping in here a little late... Newegg is definitely the cite to order things from! I built a whole new rig from parts I ordered on Newegg and I saved over $150 in rebates and deals.

Now, on most graphics cards the manufacter will recommend the wattage but that doesn't mean the card actually uses that much. I bought a Radeon HD 6850 with a $30 rebate and it recommends a 500W power supply. However the card only pulls around 300W unless you over clock your system, which I didn't. So I bought a Antec EarthWatts 380W power supply that runs my card perfectly and I saved myself some money. So before you buy a upgraded power supply I'd recommend looking at what the card actually needs. The manufacter is going to always say it needs more though. Also, the power supply I bought had more than enough connectors for 2 graphics cards, floppy discs, CD/DVD drives, hard drives and so on...
 
Meh..my pops didn't want to order it off the internet because he thinks if it didn't work it would be a hassle sending it back and stuff...so we drove to Best Buy and ended up picking up a VisionTek ATI 5670...eager to try it on WoW but my dad is hogging the computer that has WoW on it right now =/

Thanks for all the help and information everyone.
 
eabrek23 said:
Meh..my pops didn't want to order it off the internet because he thinks if it didn't work it would be a hassle sending it back and stuff...so we drove to Best Buy and ended up picking up a VisionTek ATI 5670...eager to try it on WoW but my dad is hogging the computer that has WoW on it right now =/

Thanks for all the help and information everyone.
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Nice! I don't blame him though, I had a hard drive shipped to me that was faulty. It took 2 weeks to have it returned and a new one shipped to me.
 
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