Is this power supply enough for this 260?

[rock303]

Hi, I'm building a new computer and I was wondering if this power supply Antec earthwatts EA500 500W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.0 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371007 is enough for the XFX GX260NADFF GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150329

In the specs on the 260 it says a minimum 630w is required, but I've had other people tell me that the 500w power supply is fine. What do you guys think? Thanks.

 

[Helloworld_98]

yes it is fine for powering a 260.

 

[gkay09]

^+1 It can easily run a single GTX 260 without any problems...

 

[jsc]

It will run a single 260 just fine.

 

[outlw6669]

According to nVidia, a single GTX 260 only Requires a 500w PSU.
As your Antec Earthwatts is a high quality unit, it will have no issues running your system with a single GPU.
If you are planning on running two GTX 260's in SLI, I would recommend a Corsair, PCP&C, Seasonic, Enermax or Antec Earthwatts 650w+ PSU.

 

[drkailinium]

on the subject of GTX 260 SLI does it have greater performance than a 4870x2?

 

[outlw6669]

SLIed GTX 260's should perform pretty similarly to a 4870x2.

 

[invisik]

Yes it will run fine i have the same psu while running 2 gtx260 overclocked. Generally the performance of the two cards are similar depending on the game.

 

[drkailinium]

SLIed GTX 260's should perform pretty similarly to a 4870x2.

do you know of any benchmarks?

 

[outlw6669]

Sure, take a look Here.

 

[drkailinium]

Thanks I am desperately trying to avoid buyers remorse : )

 

[rock303]

Thanks everyone, I didn't want to blow my psu out. That's awesome how you can run them in sli Invisik.