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Post Date: 2014-04-09
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    Posted: 09 Apr 2014 at 7:21am
Do you think there is plenty of power headroom left on the model 4 Vanquish to add a Creative Sound Blaster Z? I don't know what the power requirements are of sound cards, and couldn't find the information on the Creative website.

Should be fine, right?
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Level 4 Vanquish II, to be specific. Thanks
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I don't know the power draw, but sound cards use very little.  A wild guess would be 10-20 watts for a higher end card.     You should have no problem adding it. Big%20Smile
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What bp22 said sounds about right... You shouldn't have any issues adding a sound card to the L4 Vanquish II....
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Outstanding. That's what I figured (evidenced by the fact that I purchased the card online before even posting this; I live dangerously), but I wanted to confirm how much headroom there was since that 770 was drawing off a 600w power source.

Thanks so much. :D
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You're welcome.  Big%20Smile

The 770 probably draws 200watts real world  but can go a little higher  and the rest of your rig about 150 or so.    Anything under the stable  80% psu load, 480 watts, is perfect.

Have fun. Big%20Smile
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