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http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/index.jsp

I used the above tool to calculate if my PSU is good enough to handle a GTX260 216SP. I ended up with 309w recommended and my psu is 430W. This sounds good, can someone confirm this? I'm pretty sure I did this right.

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Is it the Antec EA 430W ? If yes, then yes it is good to go...
But do give therest of your specs...

Reply to gkay09

WeLLLL I just used it to calculate my system based around an 8800gt and I got 400+w I do not see how you could of got so low a reading because your video card should/may be good for 200+at full power,,and I am running an OCZ 600w psu..
In any event always buy way more power than you think that you could ever use,,because if,,you buy a good psu it will/should last you through two or three upgrades,with any luck.. Suggest you try at least a700w psu..

Reply to dokk2

We really need to know the actual specs of your system. What processor are you using, is it overclocked, how much RAM, how many hard drives, burners etc. Also what 430w power supply do you have ? My off the cuff answer would be that a 430w if it's good quality would run it, but you'd be close to running it at 90% of rated power at load.

Here's a link showing (high end gaming #1) actual power consumption of an i7 system, 1 HD, 1 optical with a GTX260 and it's using 370w at load.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/c [...] html#sect0

Message edited by dirtmountain on 06-09-2009 at 12:19:39 PM

Reply to dirtmountain

@dokk2 am pretty sure you must have entered something wrong in any of the fields...Did you select 25% for capacitor aging or more ?
That single GTX 260 is not going to require a 700W PSU at any condition...

Message edited by gkay09 on 06-09-2009 at 12:26:31 PM

Reply to gkay09

If that 430W PSU is Thermaltake, it is probably not going to be enough, as it is an overrated unit; it might croak. As Gkay08 said though, an Antec 430 would be enough.

Reply to jtt283

I would get a corsiar HX520 its not over kill but its making sure, particualy if you are going to run alot more HDDs

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Reply to AMG

Well here is my specs:

q6600 g0 @ 2.4ghz
i have 1 SATA HDD
1 optical drive
1 case fan
4 sticks of 2GB OCZ GOLD Ram
thermaltake tr2 430W , 18a on 12v. (is this thing capable of using two 12v rails?)
and then throwing in the gtx260 it says 309w recommended, I currently have an 8800GT OC and it runs fine.

Reply to tankster

That thermaltake is barely capable of outputting 430 Watts. If you were to put everything under full load you would need atleast 400 watts which would have a pretty high chance of burning out your power supply. Definitely upgrade to a decent corsair or antec. And no the thermaltake cannot use 2 12v rails because it was only built with one and that one rail provides less current than a single rail of most two rail power supplies.

Reply to hunter315

damn. I guess I should upgrade first..

Reply to tankster

18amps on a single rail....och

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Reply to AMG

hows this sound?:

Corsair CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX 12V 41A

it has one 12v rail at 41A

Reply to tankster

thats much better, is that the HX550?

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Reply to AMG

VX550... wahtever that is.

or this one for future proof?

Corsair TX Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX 12V 52A ?

Reply to tankster

Does it need to ahve 2 12v rails tho? cuz these have one.

Reply to tankster

No, two rails doensnt provide a significant advantage over 1 rail, they were designed so that if your graphics card pulls a heavy load the voltage on the second rail that is feeding the processor wont drop but good power supplies are more than sufficient to keep the voltage up. The VX550 will be more than sufficient for your needs, it provides almost 500 watts on the 12 volt rail alone.

Message edited by hunter315 on 06-09-2009 at 08:48:33 PM

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One last one... this one is going fro a good price of $132 CAN... and it allows me alot of upgrade room, how is it?

http://www.ocztechnology.com/produ [...] upply_700w

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Reply to tankster

No it does not have to have two rails. Some people would rather get a single 12v rail because it eliminates the need for the power supply to balance load across multiple rails which some say isn't as efficient. But any Corsair or PC Power & Cooling ect. with a single 12v rail with high amps will do fine.

Reply to fpoama

tankster wrote :

One last one... this one is going fro a good price of $132 CAN... and it allows me alot of upgrade room, how is it?

http://www.ocztechnology.com/produ [...] upply_700w

It got decent reviews on Newegg, and is sufficient to run what you want. But if you aren't planning on running two gtx260's in the future, I don't really see a purpose in getting a 700W PSU.

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fpoama wrote :

It got decent reviews on Newegg, and is sufficient to run what you want. But if you aren't planning on running two gtx260's in the future, I don't really see a purpose in getting a 700W PSU.

But what if I plan on upgrading to a new dx11 card within a year... should I not go for a 700w jsut incase?

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Reply to tankster

tankster wrote :

But what if I plan on upgrading to a new dx11 card within a year... should I not go for a 700w jsut incase?

But for a one card solution... a 700W is overkill unless you plan on SLI. imho

Reply to fpoama

okay. thankss

Reply to tankster

I don't think direct X11 would be ready to use till next year, as in the games and stuff. but I m going to remain open minded, and I live in the UK so I may not get win 7/directX11 till next year anyways

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Reply to AMG

win7 can go to hell im fine with vista 64, but I will get a dx11 card eventually

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Reply to tankster

tankster wrote :

win7 can go to hell im fine with vista 64, but I will get a dx11 card eventually

I ll be honest, I don't mind vista but win 7 sounds alot better and I would pay for it, but not the DX11 card

Message edited by AMG on 06-10-2009 at 04:06:28 AM

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Reply to AMG

I'm dual booting Vista/7 and I haven't been on my Vista partition in months... :pt1cable:

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