Hello, I recently bought myself a XFX GTX260 card. I was aware the minimum requirements were 500watts, which my current PSU provides. I concidered upgrading just to make sure it would fit but decided to hold my horses as I'm really pleased with the NorthQ PSU.
Now that I got the card and opened the package I noticed the two "bonus power" plus weren't Molex plugs but a 6-pin thingy, which my PSU doesn't have. In the box there was a converter, one converter to be exact, which would take two 4-pin Molex plugs and turn it into a single 6-pin thingy. Beside the converter there was a big sign saying "XFX does not reccommend the use of this thingy as the card demands high quality power" or something along those lines.
My previous card was a 8600GT which also service me well for quite a few years.
Now for the real questions: Should I upgrade my PSU? If so, any reccommendations? I'm not really in the field when it gets to PSU's
- Also, is it 'safe' (I wouldn't think so?) to use the converter? Are they just a tad overzealous?
Hope some of you can help me out, thanks in advance
Now that I got the card and opened the package I noticed the two "bonus power" plus weren't Molex plugs but a 6-pin thingy, which my PSU doesn't have. In the box there was a converter, one converter to be exact, which would take two 4-pin Molex plugs and turn it into a single 6-pin thingy. Beside the converter there was a big sign saying "XFX does not reccommend the use of this thingy as the card demands high quality power" or something along those lines.
My previous card was a 8600GT which also service me well for quite a few years.
Now for the real questions: Should I upgrade my PSU? If so, any reccommendations? I'm not really in the field when it gets to PSU's
- Also, is it 'safe' (I wouldn't think so?) to use the converter? Are they just a tad overzealous?Hope some of you can help me out, thanks in advance
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