GT 1030 or GTX660 with 450w psu?

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I am upgrading my main rig's graphics card (GTX 660). The card still runs most games that I enjoy playing so I plan to reuse it, however:

I've ordered a Corsair CX450M (decent quality/performance for my budget and its one of the few decent ones at a reasonable price in my area. + I didn't want to go for a VS500 or any other budget PSU's) and I have a prebuilt pc from a couple of years ago with an AMD A8-6500 and 4gb of DDR3-1600mhz where I plan to use this in. (maybe not the best hardware but w/e)

I need to know if a 450w psu will be able to power this system for a while. Throwing it into a PSU calculator it says it will only require 320w however since psu's wear out over time (don't know a lot about this topic) I wonder if I shouldn't sell the GTX660 and get a GT1030 (similar performance but lower power consumption?) so I don't run into any psu problems in a few years or if I'll be fine using the GTX660 cause I don't exactly plan to spend any more money on this little project than needed.

PS: Not to be old fashioned or anything but I don't plan on overclocking any of those components.
 
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Your new CX450M can easily handle any of the GPU's power requirements (as well as your other basic components in your rig). No need to replace the GTX 660 with a GT 1030 just for the purpose of lowering your power draw (which can already be handled by your decent PSU). Note that the GT 1030 is a big significant downgrade (not in power) but in performance (http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-660-vs-Nvidia-GT-1030/2162vsm283726) compared to your GTX 660.

In short, keep the GPU - you'll be fine.
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Your new CX450M can easily handle any of the GPU's power requirements (as well as your other basic components in your rig). No need to replace the GTX 660 with a GT 1030 just for the purpose of lowering your power draw (which can already be handled by your decent PSU). Note that the GT 1030 is a big significant downgrade (not in power) but in performance (http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-660-vs-Nvidia-GT-1030/2162vsm283726) compared to your GTX 660.

In short, keep the GPU - you'll be fine.
 
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Thanks for the very fast reply, very nice to hear exactly what I was hoping for :)

Also I had no idea my little card was anywhere near not to say better (performance wise) than the far newer GT1030 aha.

Cheers mate.
 
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