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Geforce Gts 250 & PSU

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March 19, 2014 4:50:41 PM

Hi,

I want to ask about if a 380w PSU (Antec EarthWatts Green Series 380W ) can handle a one gts 250, but firstly i want to say that I will not overclock, play in 720p, 1080p, etc, i will use to play some games like Call of duty 4 Modern Warfare, Assassins creed 1,2, and other not demanding games, watch videos, etc. Here my pc specs:

Monitor max resolution 1360x768 (no HD)
Amd Phenom ii x2 555 TDP 80w
x2 DDR2 1GB
HDD 120GB Sata 7200RPM
4 USB connections (Only 1 in use)
CD, DVD, Blu-ray Rom or Drives (Sorry I'm noob :lol:  ) I not have any cd, dvd, blu-ray rom/drives and i will not use them.

My old pc was a netbook (Intel Atom,Integrated graphics, 1GB of ram) and i've changed it 6 months ago for the pc of above, therefore I want to say i upgrade the hardware every four or five years (In my country is very hard find pc components a good price, so i only buy on ebay), when i do it i update computer completely (motherboard, cpu, gpu, etc). If the PSU isn't sufficient please recommend a good, if is possible, but no too high cost PSU, thanks

Sorry for my english.

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a b Î Nvidia
March 19, 2014 5:13:22 PM

is this the "green" edition? i had one of these, not the green one, and its suggested psu is 550. this is a power hungry gpu, not sure how green is the green though
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March 19, 2014 5:18:19 PM

No, if is about of the video card, the video card is a GALAXY Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 512MB. If is about of the PSU, yes is green series but is 380w.
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a b Î Nvidia
March 19, 2014 7:11:02 PM

how many 6/8pin does it need?

in any case, i would not risk it personally. although, a typical rig consumes about 300-400w, that is with a decent gpu already, being a 380 that is about 100% of the capacity which i am not comfortable with.

if it;s up to me, i'd get at least a 550 or 600w psu
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March 20, 2014 9:59:50 AM

Thanks for the reply, really i had in mind other psu like:

CORSAIR VX 550W CMPSU-550VX (US $34.99+shipping $61.75)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/301108166078?_trksid=p2055119.m...

But the high shipping cost(is justifiable because the psu can weigh up to 4lbs), forces me to look for something cheaper, so if you can recommend something about 400w to 450w please do it. thanks
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a b Î Nvidia
March 20, 2014 3:37:35 PM

where do you live? go look for seasonic, xfx, or any other decent brand
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March 20, 2014 4:14:54 PM

sorry for the delay (UTC−04:00 time zone), i live in dominican republic, i will keep searching others psu brands like seasonic, xfx and others, when i find anything i'll post it here.
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