Is a 400W PSU enough for a GTX960 / GTX1060?

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https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1060_Gaming_X/4.html

This card uses an 8-pin.

You can see the performance vs other cards.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1060_Gaming_X/24.html

I don't recommend NVidia cards prior to the GTX1000 series since they lack asynchronous compute. AMD and NVidia have different methods, but at least NVidia has an option that can do dynamic load balancing, preemption etc which will be important for DX12 gaming and VR.

RX-480?
It's not a bad option and is cheaper, however it's performance swings wildly due to some architecture changes which make it optimized for future games but gimps it slightly for older games. It averages the R9-390 yet swings between 80% and 120% of its performance...
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photonboy

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250W is about right. GTX1060 should never hit 150W, and the system with fans is just over 100W.

That's under 70% load.

I'm not sure what adapters you need for the GTX1060 though.

You have a 6-pin with that PSU, but if the GPU needs an 8-pin you may need a 2xMOLEX-6-pin, then a 2x6-pin to 8-pin (should get the 2xMOLEX with the card, but may need the last adapter).

I tend to suggest higher quality PSU's myself which may also help reduce power supply fan noise but again it should work.
 
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I have a Be Quiet E9-400W PSU running a I7-6700K, 16GB on a ASUS Z170 board with a MSI GTX960. Works perfectly. But if you have the money. Don't buy the 960 I really think if you buy the card now it's a mistake. (DX12 performance is terrible) I had mine for almost two years now. Sold the card this week. Will replace the card with a MSI RX 480 or 1060 when available here.

For about the same price you will get a RX 470 which is the much better choice, and if you have the money go for the RX 480 / 1060 so you can play games for many years to come without upgrading again.

 
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photonboy

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https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1060_Gaming_X/4.html

This card uses an 8-pin.

You can see the performance vs other cards.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1060_Gaming_X/24.html

I don't recommend NVidia cards prior to the GTX1000 series since they lack asynchronous compute. AMD and NVidia have different methods, but at least NVidia has an option that can do dynamic load balancing, preemption etc which will be important for DX12 gaming and VR.

RX-480?
It's not a bad option and is cheaper, however it's performance swings wildly due to some architecture changes which make it optimized for future games but gimps it slightly for older games. It averages the R9-390 yet swings between 80% and 120% of its performance depending on the game (even though the RX-480 GPU is a tweaked version of the same GCN architecture).

So the RX-480 matches or slightly exceeds the GTX1060 in a few titles though in some the GTX1060 is almost 40% faster. Odd.
 
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