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JamesColl

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so I recently got a new Graphics card and some new fans this was my old rig

Case: Xigmatek Midgard
Power Supply: Corsair 500CX 500W
Processor: Intel Core i5 3450 3.1Ghz
Processor Cooler: Stock Manufacturer Heatsink and fan
RAM: 4GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3 1600Mhz/PC12800
Motherboard: ASUS P8H61-M LE
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 500GB Hard Drive 7200rpm 16MB Cache

the new components I got are these

MSI GTX670 2GB Twin Frozr Power Edition Overclocked NVidia PCIe Graphics Card

and

Corsair PWM Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition Twin Pack

will I need a new PSU or will my current one be fine?
 
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Kurifox

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Do not get a new one, it will not be needed, corsair is one of the favourite brands and are very reliable, 500W is enough for that system, it would be enough for 7xx cards, intel are also low power consumptions CPU's you will be fine, and dont have to throw in the extra cash.,
 
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JamesColl

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Okay thanks you also mentioned that I might want to SLI my card in the future do you think it's necessary or only really if I'm wanting to blay games such as Battlefield on max graphics?
 
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Second this, nice explanation.
 
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Lol...well i don't know how long he has used that cx500..i just say it for his own safety and in case if he wanna add another GPU in the future :p
 
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On a single monitor i can preety much garantee that the card will max out the game witout a problem (apart from max AA, no card does that) unless you want dual-triple monitor you will never need to SLI
 
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JamesColl

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another quick question might be dumb. new fans don't need new drives to be installed? and also the new drives needed for my graphic card can just be installed through GeFore experience so once I load up my computer with the new Graphics card in just loads up GF experience and install drivers and everything should be set?
 
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