EVGA GTX 460 with XGR 500watt PSU

safy10 · Jun 9, 2013

Hi i have a XGR 500watt eXtreme Power psu & I'm wondering whether it will be enough to power a EVGA GTX 460 768mb ver. also to note: the psu only has 1 pcie 6-pin connector.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

KnowItAll · Jun 9, 2013

It's garbage, I wouldn't use it. It's probably not even close to 500w.

safy10 · Jun 9, 2013

KnowItAll :

awww man i used it with a GTS 250 and my current GTX 550Ti. too bad lol

thanks anyway!

DSzymborski · Jun 9, 2013

safy10 :

You're fortunate it hasn't done anything obvious to your PC. It's very possible that your components have been slightly damaged due to the poor ripple protection and voltage regulation that's typical with fly-by-night fireboxes, but at least nothing's been completely fried yet.

safy10 · Jun 9, 2013

I'm glad nothing fried yet as im a student so my budget is super tight, anyway, any good psu out there that wont murder my budget?? also trying to keep future upgrades in mind.

kingjc100 · Jun 9, 2013

if you're looking for a good PSU, Corsair is very good, not the cheapest, but they have a name to keep, and wouldn't risk releasing a deep fryer waiting to happen

safy10 · Jun 9, 2013

Here in south africa even the lowest wattage corsair psu is heavily over priced but il see what i can do!

Thanks

Dark Lord of Tech · Jun 9, 2013

Seasonic , XFX , Corsair , Antec.

DSzymborski · Jun 9, 2013

It'll be even more expensive to replace your motherboard or CPU! The PSU you're using sells for 156 rand which is about $15. There's no safe PSU in existence that sells for $15 - the parts that make the PSU safe make that price impossible. And if PSUs are *more* expensive in South Africa than the comparable PSU in American stores, you can imagine how much worse this PSU might be.

If I might ask, why are you replacing a 550ti with a 460 768? That's a sidegrade.

safy10 · Jun 9, 2013

DSzymborski :

I'm Actually giving the 550Ti to my cousin so i can gain on the 460 i guess. But il just stick with the Gtx 550Ti and save for a better PSU. Will work best in the long run

Oh and you dont get it man, for eg the psu i saw he other day was one like this :: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004

thats roughly R800 if converted to Rands, but i saw the same one for R1500 on special so WTH!! thats more or less $160..

DSzymborski · Jun 9, 2013

safy10 :

Your cousin may not be happy with me, but keeping the GPU and working on a better PSU is a better idea. Then you'll have a proper PSU that you can keep and use for years.

comx-computers.co.za does have Corsairs and XFXs in the 600-700R range. More expensive than in the US, but it beats trying to make, say, recommendations for Malta, in which even these quality budget-mid PSUs can top $100 in US fairly easily.

safy10 · Jun 9, 2013

DSzymborski :

safy10 :

Your cousin may not be happy with me, but keeping the GPU and working on a better PSU is a better idea. Then you'll have a proper PSU that you can keep and use for years.

comx-computers.co.za does have Corsairs and XFXs in the 600-700R range. More expensive than in the US, but it beats trying to make, say, recommendations for Malta, in which even these quality budget-mid PSUs can top $100 in US fairly easily.

yea i think that would be best.

and i was just showing the big diff in prices man.. but thanks bud!
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