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I got a cyberpowerpc off the shelf one at costco. I saw that it didn't have a graphics card, but I could add one later on. i found the GTX 760, and now Im getting one next week. I looked at the reviews from costco and someone said that he added a radeon 6870 which required 2 six pins. Making sure, today I too a look into my system and I couldn't find any PCIe psu connectors for the 6 and 8 pin slots on the GTX 760. I only found 1 white 4 pin which a I believe is the molex. Then under it I found 2 black 4 pins. I don't know what that is. The cable management was so neat and wired up, that I was actually pretty hard at first to find because the cable management was done very neatly with hard plastic laces holding the connectors together. What do i do?
 
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You might want to read this first:

http://www.overclock.net/t/652549/on-thermaltake-psus

According to them, the Thermaltake "PurePower" line-up isn't good. And for 35$ I bet this is what they're trying to sell you.

If you can, get a PSU from one of these makers: Antec, Corsair, Seasonic, PC Power & Cooling, XFX, to name a few...

Or if it's a Thermaltake, at least make sure it's a "ToughPower" model. But those are probably a little more expensive.

For a GTX-760, you'll want between 500 and 600-Watt of power. But you need a unit that can deliver it reliably.


Check out this one that was suggested earlier:

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Yep your PSU is most probably too weak for a GTX-760. Especially if it doesn't have any 6-pin PCI-E power connectors. You'll probably need to upgrade that too.

Something between 500 and 600-Watt should be ideal for a 760. However, don't pick any brand because some of them are bad and not delivering as much power as advertised, likely to cause system instability or damage something. Get a brand with solid reputation like: Antec, Corsair, Seasonic, PC Power & Cooling, XFX, etc...

Can you give us the other specs of your Cyberpower PC? Just want to make sure something else will not bottleneck your 760, in case your CPU is too weak for example.
 
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This one is a
i7 3770k clocked at 3.9ghz
16GB Ram
2TB HDD
Coolermaster 431

I don't think this will bottleneck :p But someone on the reviews said he installed a AMD Radeon 6870 which requires 2 6 pins. How can this be possible? Like I said, the connectors were coiled up VERY neatly, not allowing any pars to hang out. This is my first gaming computer. I just wanted to play all those great games on real neat settings ;_;

I can post pictures of the inside if you like.
 
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This one is a
i7 3770k clocked at 3.9ghz
16GB Ram
2TB HDD
Coolermaster 431

I don't think this will bottleneck :p But someone on the reviews said he installed a AMD Radeon 6870 which requires 2 6 pins. How can this be possible? Like I said, the connectors were coiled up VERY neatly, not allowing any pars to hang out. This is my first gaming computer. I just wanted to play all those great games on real neat settings ;_;

I can post pictures of the inside if you like.
 
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This one is a
i7 3770k clocked at 3.9ghz
16GB Ram
2TB HDD
Coolermaster 431

I don't think this will bottleneck :p But someone on the reviews said he installed a AMD Radeon 6870 which requires 2 6 pins. How can this be possible? Like I said, the connectors were coiled up VERY neatly, not allowing any pars to hang out. This is my first gaming computer. I just wanted to play all those great games on real neat settings ;_;

I can post pictures of the inside if you like.
 
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This one is a
i7 3770k clocked at 3.9ghz
16GB Ram
2TB HDD
Coolermaster 431

I don't think this will bottleneck :p But someone on the reviews said he installed a AMD Radeon 6870 which requires 2 6 pins. How can this be possible? Like I said, the connectors were coiled up VERY neatly, not allowing any pars to hang out. This is my first gaming computer. I just wanted to play all those great games on real neat settings ;_;

I can post pictures of the inside if you like.
 
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This one is a
i7 3770k clocked at 3.9ghz
16GB Ram
2TB HDD
Coolermaster 431

I don't think this will bottleneck :p But someone on the reviews said he installed a AMD Radeon 6870 which requires 2 6 pins. How can this be possible? Like I said, the connectors were coiled up VERY neatly, not allowing any pars to hang out. This is my first gaming computer. I just wanted to play all those great games on real neat settings ;_;

I can post pictures of the inside if you like.
 
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The guy who installed the Radeon 6870 probably changed the power supply and didn't mention it.

The good news is that the rest of your specs look very good, your CPU is powerful and you have a lot of RAM. Your computer case also seem nice, has a lot of room, so you should be able to fit any video card and PSU inside. The GTX-760 is an excellent choice, one of the best bang for the bucks on the market right now. However, you most probably need to replace the PSU. Not a good idea to plug a high end video card into a cheap no name PSU, last thing you want is to damage the card or something else. People tend to overlook PSUs, I know it's not as exciting as shopping for a new video card, but keep in mind that a PSU is a vital component that feeds power to all other components. Bad PSUs can lead to all sorts of problems, from system instability to damaging other components.
 
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Alright, I think I'll take your advice AFTER I cut all the plastic laces that are coiled around the cables. I saw a thermaltaker for 35 bucks at microcenter for 600 watts. I'll think into it more, thanks!
*edit I do have a 500 watt psu. It was said on the reciept.
 
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You might want to read this first:

http://www.overclock.net/t/652549/on-thermaltake-psus

According to them, the Thermaltake "PurePower" line-up isn't good. And for 35$ I bet this is what they're trying to sell you.

If you can, get a PSU from one of these makers: Antec, Corsair, Seasonic, PC Power & Cooling, XFX, to name a few...

Or if it's a Thermaltake, at least make sure it's a "ToughPower" model. But those are probably a little more expensive.

For a GTX-760, you'll want between 500 and 600-Watt of power. But you need a unit that can deliver it reliably.


Check out this one that was suggested earlier:


 
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Alright, thanks. Although newegg prices looks amazingly cool on my end, credit cards aren't as accessible to many 13 year old kids as you think xD So, I have to rely on microcenter which isnt too bad. Yea it is bad. It's already annoying to my parents when I asked them if I could buy a graphics card with my own money. They tell me it'll void the warrenty or whatever. Now I have to worry them about replacing my psu. I sure do appreciate your help, as well as everybody elses.
 
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Yeah Newegg have better prices, but Microcenter aren't too bad. I know it's too late but it might have been better in your situation to get the whole computer from Microcenter in the first place. You can choose all your components there and get a PC that already has a good GPU + PSU.
 
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