hello i want to buy this video card here:

http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0311192

it says u need a minimum of 350 watts on a power supply and 18 amps on 12 volt rail
so i will get this: http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0257451

its what i need for the 9500 gt but it doesn’t have 18 amps on the 12 volt rail.

so do i need a larger amount of watts power supply?
Hey thank you for the very usefull info, but this doesnt have a pci e connector. and the graphics card is a pci e card. so what now?

That power supply will surely run your card, it has multiple 12v rails is why you don’t see 18 amps on just one. But as a warning, that is a horrible price to performance ratio on that psu, you are getting ripped off.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817339019

this is a much better power supply at a much better price, and I just found that by quickly browsing newegg.com. you can find ones that are cheaper than that, just make sure they have good reviews. You can always go to an even better one and still stay under your 50$ if your concerned about stability at all.

Easiest way I’ve found to browse them is to click "computer hardware" tab at the top, go to power supplies, then click on the left, power supplies, not server power supplies, and on the right of the screen, click view all power supplies, and then sort them by best rating or most reviews.

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