PSU questions: Is a 400 w psu good enough for this graphics card?

Q: i wanna get a graphics card in the nvidia geforce 8 series ... is 400 watss enof? -300 w power supply -4096 MB RAM (4 GB) -500 GB hard drive -AMD Phenom X3 8400 Triple-Core Processor -Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition ... Service Pack 1 -Nvidia GeForce 6150 SE graphics card

A: It's not just the graphics card you need to worry about. It's the CPU, memory, fans, hard drives, etc that the PSU will need to power. Depending what other hardware you have you may need a 750W psu. You probably need at least a 600W PSU. What other hardware are you running?

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