My 700Watt Power Supply(Computer) vs 250Watt HPS/MH

MikeTarr

Active Member
Ok another Newbie question I guess, but here goes.

I have a custom made PC I put together that contains a nice sized PSU(Power Supply). Its a 700Watt PSU, running a Quad Core CPU and a 512 MB 9800GTX Graphics card(for those who know about PC's).

I'm still debating if buying a 250watt HPS/MH is gonna mess with the circuits here, as we already have problems with breakers blowing every once in a while when lots of stuff is turned on, such as hair dryers and stuff.

Well, if my has a freakin 700Watt Power Supply in it, isn't that drawing more power than a 250Watt HID?

Like, just because it says 700Watt, does it always use all 700Watts? As where a 250Watt HID will use ALL 250Watts when turned on right?

So my question is should I really have to worry about the 250Watt HID when I have a 700Watt PSU running and it never causes problems....
 

diemdepyro

Well-Known Member
No the computer does not constantly use the total watts(hopefully ).
If it does you need to fix your settings. I have the ATI 3850..
 
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