Is my psu good enought for gtx 460?

[spidr]

Fisrt of i d like to say hello to all tomshardware comunity, i have been watching tomshardware quite a few years but first time now i made an account.

well going into the subject i recently bought some new pieces to upgrade my old old pc.

at present my pc will run with

psu: thermaltake rx tr2 550 watt

cpu: i7 950

ram: 3x2gb ddr3 1333mhz

hdd: 2 x sata 2 hard diks

gpu: gtx 460 palit 1gb sonic (not platinum edition, it wont be overclock to platinum standards)

sound blaster x fi extreme music

and a pci wifi card

also it will have 2 usb devices

i wonder two things first of all can my psu handle all this ? i m never indeded to do overclock isnt my style thats why i bought i7 950 nor 920 or 930

and Second and most important my psu got only 1 x 6 pin but the card came with an adaptor 2 x 4 pin to one 6 pin

what should i do ? use the one 6 pin connector from the psu to the one 6pin of the gcard and the adapter to the second power in of the card or what????

thanks in advance!

 

[jyjjy]

Thermaltake is not a good brand but it should probably be ok if you aren't going to OC.

 

[spidr]

and what about the 2*6 pin

should i use the one 6 pin power from the psu and the 2 4 pin to one 6 pin witch was in the package of the graphics card together ?

 

[jsc]

Yes. If your card requires two PCI power plugs, you should use two.

A GTX460 uses a bit less power than a GTX260. I have a Q9550 OC'd to 3.6 GHz with 4 GB of RAM, 3 hard drives, an optical, and a sound card installed. Loading the CPU with 3 instances of Prime95 and 3DMark06, Mr. Kill-A-Watt says my system pulls 375 watts from the wall. At 80% efficiency (Corsair 750TX), that's about 300 watts from the PSU.

So, with the qualification that you do not have the greatest PSU in the world, you should be fine.

 

[spidr]

well thanks for the advice, i like my psu i dont want to change it if it delivers me enough power i was confused only by the thing that it has one 6 pin pci express adapter and i didnt know if using together with the molex to pci express adapter from the card would be ok or damage the card

thanks

 

[Wingdale]

psu: Xilence SPS-480W XP480
motherboard: MSI H55-GD65
cpu: i3 540
ram: A-DATA 4x1gb ddr3 1333mhz
dvdr: 1 CD/DVD R/RW
hdd: 1 SATA HDD
gpu: GIGABYTE GTX 460 1GB SOC (want to buy this one)
+
USB Wifi
Thats it i guess.

The question is
Wondering if my PSU is enough for GIGABYTE GTX 460 1GB SOC or not ?
Not going to OC or Bench with Furmark or else. Just for common usage.