Step 1
Disconnect all cables to the computer and place it in front of him - after option on a table.
Step 2
Loosen the screws that secure the side panel of the case is fixed. After you remove the screws, carefully open the housing. This usually happens through a Sliding movement. .
Step 3
After the panel of the enclosure is removed, you can use the inner workings of the PC to look. In addition to the Motherboard and Co. you can find on the rear top of the power supply. On the bottom of the power supply you will find a sticker which the relevant performance data of your power supply.
Step 4
Look on the label for a section, the "Output" or similar. You should have a three-digit number with the measure W for Watt concludes.
How many watts do I need?
It can be used without any knowledge of the used PC components not say how many watts you need. In the case of an Office PCs are 700-Watt power supplies almost always completely over-dimensioned. At a Gaming PC, the two graphics cards in the Association operates, a 700-Watt power supply is already at the highest limits.If you have the maximum input power of your graphics card and CPU are known, the amount of the required power at least a rough estimate. If your graphics card and the CPU together each of the 200 Watt (total of 400 watts), you can still the need for memory, hard drives, disk drives and cooling fans add. A power supply with a 500 Watt gets here soon reach its limits. Also calculate always a certain Reserve.
Watts the power supply to read
By
David Amoyal
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014
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