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is 450w enough for gtx 760?

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July 9, 2013 6:35:47 AM

Hi there,

my computer specs is:

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K

Western Digital WD Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Kingston HyperX Black Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX16C10B1B/8

DVD-RW

and the power supply is:

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_000...

I want to buy a gtx 760.

I will not do a SLI in a future, also I will not overclock the GPU or the PSU!

so, is the PSU good enough?

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July 9, 2013 6:40:28 AM

Mark Nollo said:
Hi there,

my computer specs is:

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K

Western Digital WD Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Kingston HyperX Black Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX16C10B1B/8

DVD-RW

and the power supply is:

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_000...

I want to buy a gtx 760.

I will not do a SLI in a future, also I will not overclock the GPU or the PSU!

so, is the PSU good enough?


Short answer, is no. The min requirements for that are 500w. You would be taking a real chance with your current PSU trying to run it.

Time for an upgrade if you want the card.
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July 9, 2013 6:47:21 AM

keith12 said:
Mark Nollo said:
Hi there,

my computer specs is:

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K

Western Digital WD Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Kingston HyperX Black Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX16C10B1B/8

DVD-RW

and the power supply is:

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_000...

I want to buy a gtx 760.

I will not do a SLI in a future, also I will not overclock the GPU or the PSU!

so, is the PSU good enough?


Short answer, is no. The min requirements for that are 500w. You would be taking a real chance with your current PSU trying to run it.

Time for an upgrade if you want the card.


ok, what if I get the gtx 660ti, is 450w ill be good enough?

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July 9, 2013 6:50:53 AM

thermaltake is anyway not a good PSU brand, stick with the 760 and get a better PSU from Corsair/Antec/Seasonic
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July 9, 2013 6:56:14 AM

jinayhvora said:
thermaltake is anyway not a good PSU brand, stick with the 760 and get a better PSU from Corsair/Antec/Seasonic


+1. 450 watts is absolutely ample, but if you try to get anywhere near the rated power from a bad quality PSU then it'll die. I bought a Thermaltake PSU a couple of years ago (using 300 watts less than it was rated for!) and even then it died after six months.
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July 9, 2013 7:03:47 AM

Mark Nollo said:
is 450 enough for gtx 760?


Yes. GTX 760 shows a total draw power of 170W. The remaining system components you've listed would require roughly the same amount of power combined.

Mark Nollo said:
is the PSU I linked enough for gtx 760?


No. Would not recommend. It has a split 12V rail @14 and 13 amps a piece.

Get a quality unit with a single rail and 450W would suffice, provided you don't plan on major expansions to the system.
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August 4, 2013 5:37:08 PM

Im running a evga gtx 760 on a 450 watt silverstone sfx psu, No issues. 760 doesn't draw that much power. Read up
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