CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES enough?

Pea_Head · Nov 27, 2013

is this psu able t run a gtx770 4gb with the i5-4670 (3.4GHz)? also, is the intel stock cooler enough if im not planning on overclocking this cpu? or would it be too loud?

iceclock · Nov 27, 2013

stock cooling is ok and loud yes but will do the trick.

says on nvidias site requires a 600watt powersupply for the gtx 770. id upgrade with this.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010

rolli59 · Nov 27, 2013

The VS550 will handle the card! Max system power consumption is going to be around 400watts http://anandtech.com/show/7392/the-geforce-gtx-770-roundup-evga-gigabyte-and-msi-compared/6
And yes stock cooler is fine at stock clocks!

iceclock · Nov 27, 2013

it can handle it, im just saying what nvidia recommands.

what will work and what recommanded is two different things we both know this rolli

rolli59 · Nov 27, 2013

iceclock :

Yes why does Nvidia say so because there are brand names on the PSU market Like LOGISYS, SUNBEAM, COOLMAX and so on.

iceclock · Nov 27, 2013

Those shouldn't be legal to sell even my apple2 powersupply is better than those junkboxes

Pea_Head · Nov 27, 2013

on the website is has a configurator checker, and when selected at 650 is says that i can save money buy lowering to a 550 as the calculated power usage of my system is 522 (and then a 20% allowence). 20 % is 110 meaning the power usage would be over 550 easily, so i dont know whether to go for this or get a 650? and also, how loud will the cooler be? im only using smpeakers that are built into a £130 24inch monitor so will they be loud enough or will it be hard to hear over the cooler?

Pea_Head · Nov 27, 2013

actually is says 522w INCLUDING 20% allowence, meaning that the actual usage is about 412w? should i go for this psu then? and is it a good brand, like stable and all that?

iceclock · Nov 27, 2013

Cooler is semi loud. If u can afford it a evo 212 from cm is 30$ and cools better and less noisy than the stok coolar

rolli59 · Nov 27, 2013

It is a budget Corsair which is a good brand. Not knowing what else is available to you but the XFX core edition 550watt is much better PSU if it is. If selecting between Thermaltake, Cooler Master and the Corsair VS I would get the Corsair.

Pea_Head · Nov 27, 2013

only other choice below the one i got told was pointless to use if not overclocking is this : Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler for £19 more than the stock, is the price worth it or am i bets of just getting the stock cooler (not too bothered about the noise as long as it doesnt effect me hearing my games ahah). Also, between the gtx 770 2gb and 4gb, is therre any noticable differece (fps, graphics) when using a single monitor, or is the 4gb difference only noticable for multiple monitors, as the 2gb i can get aorun £30 than the 4gb

rolli59 · Nov 27, 2013

2GB is still enough for 1080P single monitor gaming! 4GB kicks in when going higher resolutions.

Pea_Head · Nov 27, 2013

so if im using 1080p on a single monitor, therewould be no differece bewteen a 2gb and 4gb

rolli59 · Nov 27, 2013

No there would not be since currently you will not run out off Vram with 2 GB.

iceclock · Nov 27, 2013

+1 rolli only in 1440p and multi monitor gaming does more vram count yar

Pea_Head · Nov 27, 2013

welll i went with a 550w, thus alowing me to get the gtx 770 insead of the gtx 760, for only £10 more, including a free copy of ac4 black flag, and arkham origins. Cant beat thatxD thanks everyone, youve been a great help

iceclock · Nov 27, 2013

excellent

rolli59 · Nov 27, 2013

Enjoy!

cst1992 · Nov 27, 2013

@rolli59 I've heard 1GB is enough for 1080P gaming, so if I wanna choose between a 1GB and 2GB which one should I go for? I could reduce to 1440/900 if I wanted to. There is a significant price difference, so I'd avoid spending that extra bucks if I can help it.
PS. I'm looking at mid-high end cards, not the top end ones.

iceclock · Nov 27, 2013

honestly 2 gigs is enought. games already utilize more than 1gig of videomemory.

cst1992 · Nov 27, 2013

I'm not talking about a very high end card, so does that make a difference?

rolli59 · Nov 27, 2013

cst1992 :

It does matter how powerful the card is for example HD7750 will run out of processing power before running out of Vram with 1GB installed but HD7850 will run out of Vram before processing power with the same 1GB, if that makes sense to you.

cst1992 · Nov 28, 2013

Yes, that is correct. That is what happens with regular RAM. The more code there is there to process for a program, the larger RAM it requires.

iceclock · Nov 28, 2013

yes it all depends witch card ur taking about. if the card isnt strong enought to employ more than a certain ammount of vram than the extra memory it has is losed and useless.

cst1992 · Nov 28, 2013

However, I doubt even the 690 needs the 4 GB of ram that it has. Does it?

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