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    Spare 90w power supply usage

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by matwalsh, Mar 22, 2011.

  1. matwalsh

    matwalsh Newbie

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    Firstly, Hi everyone, been browsing here a long time, just never got round to joining and posting.

    I recently received a R2 replacement for my M1730, had a GPU swap out today (it arrived with the issue) but all is well there now.
    My question is around the power-supply requirements for my R2. I have a spare 90w dell charger (I got a 240w with the R2) and was wondering if the 90w is usable? I would ideally leave the 240w at home for evening gaming and keep the 90w at work so its one less thing to cart around, I don't game at work (sadly) so as long as I'm not giving the machine anything intensive like gaming to do will the 90w cut it?

    I apologise if this has been answered elsewhere, the volume of thread to go through here is insane (but impressive).

    Thanks!
     
    matwalsh, Mar 22, 2011
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  2. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Hello and welcome matwalsh , you'll need at least the 150W Dell PEU and that is If you run one GPU and a non extreme CPU.

    cheers
     
    katalin_2003, Mar 22, 2011
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