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Can I run a GTX 760 with a CS450M PSU?

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July 14, 2014 8:17:01 AM

I recently bought myself a CS450M from corsair would this be stable to power a GTX 760?

I will not be overclocking anything, my build has an I5-4590 and 1 SSD.

If this would not be stable, what would be my best option with this PSU?
(I am looking at the R9 270 - but it is hard to find out which brand draws the lease power)

thanks!

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July 14, 2014 8:26:01 AM

That would be hell.. That was a powerful card, 450 W will not be sufficient. GTX 770 is way more powerful than R9 270.. Even the R9 270 need 500W or above..
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July 14, 2014 8:35:51 AM

probably yes, your system will consume 300W from 12V rail at most (180W for GPU, 90W for CPU and 30W for the rest) and this PSU has 426W on 12V rail so, it should work with no issues
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July 14, 2014 8:40:57 AM

ahmedkhalifa1999 said:
probably yes, your system will consume 300W from 12V rail at most (180W for GPU, 90W for CPU and 30W for the rest) and this PSU has 426W on 12V rail so, it should work with no issues


And would this be bordering towards the unsafe side?
As in, would probably work but with a chance to kille the GPU?

The GTX 750 Ti is the highest graphics level option I can find which should run safe then?
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July 14, 2014 9:01:36 AM

Yes, since the GTX 750Ti has a little lesser performance than R9 270 and the stock power requirement is still lesser than R9 270 for the 750Ti, it'll run fine :) 
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July 14, 2014 9:09:44 AM

So far:

GTX 760 : No
GTX 750 Ti : Yes
R9 270 : Maybe?
R7 265 : ?

What would be the best I can get with this CPU? Any other options?
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July 14, 2014 9:18:46 AM

R9 270(X)
It's more powerful. It might run on your PSU but I am not too sure. It's the second most powerful on the list. The 265 uses about the same amount of power as the 270.
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July 14, 2014 9:19:02 AM

R9 270 will run good with a 450W PSU, go for it... No doubt..

The Cooler Master GX-450W (RS-450-ACAA-D3) power supply unit, with its maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 35 Amps and with one 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector, is electrically sufficient to power your system configuration with a single Radeon R9 270X graphics card. You will need to use a dual 4-pin Molex peripheral to 6-pin PCI-E adapter cable to handle the second PCI Express supplementary power connector on the graphics card. This PSU has no margin for overloading. A fraction of a Watt over 450 Watts will trigger its Over Power Protection (OPP) circuit.

So, R9 270 will work fine, if you have decent quality PSU..
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July 14, 2014 9:20:48 AM

Agera One said:
R9 270 will run good with a 450W PSU, go for it... No doubt..


Super! Thanks!
Going for the R9 270.
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July 14, 2014 9:21:39 AM

Happy gaming ;) 
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July 14, 2014 9:24:39 AM

astcfx said:
And would this be bordering towards the unsafe side?
As in, would probably work but with a chance to kille the GPU?


Unless the PSU is malfunctioning somehow or running seriously out of spec, the most likely risk is that you'd see shutdowns/reboots or system crashes during times of heavy PSU load. It would be pretty unusual for any harm to come to your system just from having too little power to run it.
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July 14, 2014 9:29:25 AM

astcfx said:
ahmedkhalifa1999 said:
probably yes, your system will consume 300W from 12V rail at most (180W for GPU, 90W for CPU and 30W for the rest) and this PSU has 426W on 12V rail so, it should work with no issues


And would this be bordering towards the unsafe side?
As in, would probably work but with a chance to kille the GPU?

The GTX 750 Ti is the highest graphics level option I can find which should run safe then?


No, it won't be any dangerous and won't kill anything
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