Things to Know Before Buying a Video Card-1 Power Supply

Things to Know Before Buying a Video Card-1

Power Supply

Selecting a video card for your gaming or editing PC can be an intimidating task. Unless you've kept up with all the latest GPU arrivals and technicalities, it's practically impossible to buy a graphics card worth its price that matches your needs. For the simple reason that GPUs are being improved every year and why not every months.Its an impossible task to keep up with all these details if i say so myself. So i'm writing this guide based on my own experience in buying a new Graphics card for gaming. And this is the first Installation that talks about what i consider to be the No.1 aspect...

Power Supply

One of the very fundamental aspects that newbie gamers looking for a graphics card upgrade do is overconcentrating on GPUs so much that they forget that they need a power supply to power the damn thing! I know because as a newbie i made the same mistake.

           You need to pay some real attention to power supplies when you go about looking for a graphics card because, first PSUs play equally important part in Gaming computers as graphics cards do. You shouldn't buy a high end graphics card with all your allocated budget and then suddenly realize after you connect the GPU to the motherboard that your PSU is out of juice to power that monster, or in the worst case scenario, missing both of the 6 pin and 8 pin connectors that your GPU apparently requires! Who wants something like that happening to them?

         So the first thing you need to do before looking for a GPU is put on your gloves and take apart your PC and analyse everything from your motherboard to your power supply. What type of PCI-E slot it has if even it has a PCI-E slot in the first place(This is not a real worry in modern Motherboards but its better to be sure than sorry). The second thing is analyzing the watts and volts and amps written on the PSU cover. Particularly the wattage.

If it's a cheap PSU that came fitted with your PC when you bought it, it's most likely not going to cut it when it comes to even moderately powerful GPUs. The other thing to look for in the PSU is what types of connectors does it have and how many of each. Take a note pad and note down all of these details and then start your search for a graphics cards.

        Most if not all high end graphics cards require 6 pin and/or 8 pin power connectors to power up the GPU since the standard 75w power that the PCI-E slot can supply is never going to be enough.NEVER!

   

      If your budget is too moderate, then you should avoid buying a new PSU altogether and look for a graphics card that doesn't require more more power or more connectors than what your current PSU is capable of providing. Do not worry, there are some great GPUs that does not even require a single 6 pin connector and are capable of running on your cheap PSUs.

Example:

The incredible GeForce GTX 750

          


             I say you should pay very close attention to PSUs because quality PSUs that are guaranteed to last long and provide enough power for your systems are almost as expensive as Low-Mid end Graphics cards! You do not want to make a fry out of your entire Gaming system by buying a Cheap noname PSU.

Here is also a link where you can put in all of your system specs and it gives you the minimum required power that your PSU should be able to provide.

COOLER MASTER POWER SUPPLY CALCULATOR!

     Consider everything i said before buying your GPU and please do have some good gaming fun!!

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