PSU and GTX 560 TI

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NascarBoy119

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A 520W PSU will be plenty enough to power a GTX 560 TI with an i5 2320. You'll always want to have a high quality PSU from a good brand, and Cooler Master is well known so you're good in that regard. However, if you plan on overclocking a lot you'd be better off with a 600-650W PSU, so you would have more headroom for OC'ing.
 
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Hello!

550W is the minimum Nvidia reccomend for your 560, your system will work, but your PSU will be under full load to often and this will greatly reduce its lifetime. I reccomend finding a higher wattage PSU which will give your system some extra headroom.

http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-560ti/specifications

Here is what I found:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-Supernova-Modular-Power-Supply/dp/B00LMAUZ6G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1432492818&sr=8-2&keywords=650W
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-True-Power-650W-Supply/dp/B00HGFYGOS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1432492834&sr=8-4&keywords=650W
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Semi-Modular-V650-Supply/dp/B00FH8UB2W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432492901&sr=8-1&keywords=650W+coolermaster

I would avoid Corsair's CX series. A 650W is what I would reccomend for your system.

Hope this helps!
 
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That's wrong, Nvidia "required system power" is a way over estimative, I understand why also add alot to the estimates so people don't blame them if they get weak power supply of a weak brand and it burns the system, but take the 970 for example, they say 500W is the minimun, If you go check the review of a strix 970 on linus channel, with a 140W CPU, OC the GPU and the whole system was pulling 300W from the wall. If you can do the math you can ignore the nvidia recommended power
 
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While a 650 watt PSU is a little overkill here, the Nvidia recommendations should not be ignored. The minimum power requirements are not solely based on load but load/total available. For example, you would not power a system requiring 300 watts with a 300 watt PSU. Running a PSU at maximum capability is bad because it will kill the PSU. Not only that but many of those tests are done outside a case on new parts. Over time parts become less efficient and parts are typically in a case so the components will be warmer thus using more power.

Edit: Common load/total available is about 60%. (300/500 = 60%)
 
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Cristi72

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While you do have a point, in this case the OP must go for a very good PSU. The reason: he has a GTX 560Ti 448, which is actually a GTX570 with some texture units disabled, so the power consumption (and performance also) is in the GTX570 class; my GTX570 can draw up to 260W, so expect a 200-220W figure for 560Ti-448.
 
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SubZeroFlsh

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True actully, Nvidia like to play safe.
 
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From these two, the XFX is the better choice. For your budget, you also have a CoolerMaster V550 Gold or XFX PRO 650W.
 
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