can a 450w psu run a msi GeForce GTX 970
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No, your PSU is not adequate for the 970.
What Brand and model is the PSU?
NVidia recommends at least A 500w.
What Brand and model is the PSU?
NVidia recommends at least A 500w.
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A high end one would just about do it, but TBH you're pushing it. Get this in its place:
http://smile.amazon.com/XFX-Wired-Bronze-Power-Supply/dp/B004RJ8EKI/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444758937&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=xfx+ts+500
http://smile.amazon.com/XFX-Wired-Bronze-Power-Supply/dp/B004RJ8EKI/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444758937&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=xfx+ts+500
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What I like to do is use a calculator like this one...http://coolermaster.outervision.com/ and find something a few hundred Watts more, then reference the PSU tier list from our community listed here...http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
Don't go cheap or with marginal wattage specs with PSU's. Providing clean power to your components is essential. Dirty power can ruin other parts within your system and cause all sorts of troubleshooting nightmares
Don't go cheap or with marginal wattage specs with PSU's. Providing clean power to your components is essential. Dirty power can ruin other parts within your system and cause all sorts of troubleshooting nightmares
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Super flower is an excellent brand, 450 should work on that one. That said keep in mind you're running close to the edge on it.
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There is no 450p14e. Is it the SF-450P14HE or the SF-450P14XE? Still need the rest of the system specs.
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I have seen the 970 hit about 240W on a stress test. If you add up the CPU and the rest of the system, you could definitely run that ona quality 450W unit. Probably looking at 400W power draw.
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Still a good PSU, but not powerful enough. It will work but only just and once you push it it doesn't have the power. Get the PSU upgrade I mentioned.
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Here is the official specs page for the PSU: http://www.super-flower.com.tw/products_detail.php?class=2&sn=18&ID=106&lang=
It has 37 amps on the 12V rail for 444 watts. With derating properties of semiconductors and with load on the 3.3V and 5V rails, the actual value is going to be lower, probably 415W. Power supplies can usually only reach that peak load if there is no load on the other rails and with low temperatures, and even then it can usually only maintain that peak power draw for a second or so. I would say that the graphics card + the CPU would be something around 350W. I think it could be done. But if it were me, I would buy a better power supply. By "better" I don't mean quality, because Superflower is great, I mean watts in this case. Headroom is good.
It has 37 amps on the 12V rail for 444 watts. With derating properties of semiconductors and with load on the 3.3V and 5V rails, the actual value is going to be lower, probably 415W. Power supplies can usually only reach that peak load if there is no load on the other rails and with low temperatures, and even then it can usually only maintain that peak power draw for a second or so. I would say that the graphics card + the CPU would be something around 350W. I think it could be done. But if it were me, I would buy a better power supply. By "better" I don't mean quality, because Superflower is great, I mean watts in this case. Headroom is good.
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I saw this result on a Tomshardware article. It was stress testing the R9 390X and compared it to the stress of other cards, a Gigabyte 970 one of those.
It can also be seen on the Tomshardware 970 and 980 review http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-970-maxwell,3941-13.html
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A stress test is not the same as a normal load and I have never seen either of my 970's get anywhere near that kind of usage and I have them sitting @95% load 24/7.
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I am aware stress tests are not the same as normal load. Normal load on the 970, according to the article, tends to be more in the 170W arena. I am just considering worst case scenario here, as I think he could run the card easily on his power supply.
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Well that's even better then. I'm just going by the article, which did not have all variants of the card. What one do you have?
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