How many watts are the power supply?

Answer 1

Well it all depends on how high-end your computer is. If it is a rather basic model there are probably between 450 and 500 watts, but if you have a higher-end computer, it will probably have between 600 and 850 watts. This way the higher the ammount of watts your computer has the more power it will have to run the hardware of your computer.

Answer 2

This depends on the power supply. It can range from 400 watts to 1200 watts. Look up your power manufacturer, go to their website and search your power supply. You can also look on your power supply. It often lists the wattage on the label.

Answer 3

Power supply watts can range anywhere from 1 watt to 2000+ watts. The difference in when it is used is in what device is being powered. Something small, like a cell phone charger uses power supplies with smaller wattages. Beefy desktop PCs on the other hand, require a lot more wattage.

...Such as crazy gaming machines usually require 1000-1500 watts.

Answer 4

The wattage of a power supply is based on what the demand of the load requires. The load wattage can be up to but not over what the rating is of the power supply. Any load demand over what the power supply's rating is will cause the power supply to over heat and could eventually burn the power supply out.

Answer 5

Wattage is a unit of power. In a DC circuit, voltage times amperage gives you wattage. So in laymen's terms, it is a number to tell you how strong it is. One common size used in modern computers is 450 watts. However, low-cost, name brand computers may use less, and they can get by with that because they have a limited capacity for expansion.

A serious gamer might want around 750 watts so they can use some serious, high-end video cards. Some of those use TWO PCI-Express auxiliary supply connectors from the power supply since they require lots of current when they kick into high performance mode. Low-end to mainstream video cards can safely utilize just the power from the peripheral bus connector. But high performance video cards need additional wires to safely carry the required amount of power.

So besides the higher wattage (higher current is really what you are after since the voltages are standard and remain constant regardless of the wattage), the main consideration is whether the power supply has all the correct plugs that you need. So if the power supply lacks the necessary connectors without requiring 3rd-party adaptors, there is a good chance it is not strong enough to support the devices that require those extra plugs. In that case, adding adapters and splitters could cause problems. If you split a hard drive connector into two PCI-Express power connectors and the power supply is strong enough, you could burn the wiring, and if it isn't strong enough, you could burn the power supply.

Answer 6

It depends on what size it is. You can find this information on the side of your power supply.

Answer 7

Cheap computers will have a 200 and 300 Watt power supply. Better computers will have at least a 500 W power supply.