Will I blow my PSU?

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MrInteresting

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Hey guys, just curious to see if this will work. My uncle gave me his old GTX 260 and I wanted to know if my Corsair CX 430W PSU will run it. On Nvidia's website it says it needs a 500W power supply, but it only pulls 182W at max load. The rest of my PC specs are-

AMD A8-5600K APU (with stock CPU cooler)
Asus F2-A55m CSM mobo
Corsair CX430
Radeon 6670 (the 260 will replace this)
Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3 1600mhz 8gb (2x4gb)
WD caviar blue 250gb drive
WD caviar black 80gb drive
Ultra Gladiator case with two 120mm blue LED fans
some random Asus DVD drive: http://www.asus.com/ca-en/Optical_Drives/DRW24B1ST/

So will I be able to run this card without any problems?

Thanks :D
 
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No, it won't.
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stokes1790

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I'm a bit rusty on those previous gen gpus, but aren't those two cards more or less equivalent in performance? To address your actual question, instead of going on just Watts, look at the amps (A) required for the 260 and compare that to the Amps rating on your 12v rail. Usually the W requirement is a bit overstated on the gpu because a lot of PSUs overstate their actual 12v rail performance.

Kind of a tangential thought, I'm not a huge fan of the CX series PSUs. But they are Fine, but certainly not Good.
 
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MrInteresting

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My PSU has 32A on a +12v rail. the GTX 260 requires a 36A on the +12v rail. So I'm guessing the power supply can't run it?
 
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No, it won't.
 
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