Power consumption for asus gtx560 TI

[soulska]

Hi,

i'm wondering if my 500w power supply will be enough for a gtx 560 ti

i'm running on:

AMD Phenom 2 x4 965 BE
1TB Hitachi HDD
6GB RAM
Nvidia 9800GT GFX (Current GFX)
M4N68T-M V2 Mobo
500 Watts eXtreme Power Plus
CM Elite 335 case + SickleFlow 120 2000 RPM Blue LED fan

 

[henydiah]

Actually 500W very very enough ... but that 's 500 Watts eXtreme Power Plus dangeorus for system and 9800GT because actually 460W efficiency 77% with labelled 500W / 600W ... yea , for better get from good brand antec, seasonic, corsair, xfx etc with same power watt 500 very very enough.
and it's al depend your budget , of course .. see price and performance from good reviewer like jonyguru,hardwaresecreet, Kitguru, Harocp

Antec EarthWatts 500 W :
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Antec-EarthWatts-500-W-Power-Supply-Review/526/10

OCZ ModXStream Pro 500 W Power Supply :
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/OCZ-ModXStream-Pro-500-W-Power-Supply-Review/973/10

 

[soulska]

but regardless of brand 500 watt is enought right..?

 

[henydiah]

yep power consumtion GTX 560ti is 263.3 W
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-560-ti-gf114,2845-15.html

 

[soulska]

so in future if i wanna SLi den what should i do...?

 

[13thmonkey]

700W

 

[henydiah]

you need higher PSU .. if you want SLI 560ti get 700 - 750W from good brand

 

[soulska]

alright thankx for the help

 

[soulska]

Best answer selected by soulska.

 

[soulska]

btw can my mobo do sli...? any tutorials for it...?

 

[Uther39]

You may also wish to pay your RAM some attention as you say you have 6gb ?

You should have 4 ram slots and all 4 slots should be filled with equal amounts of ram for system stability, E.G.
4 x 1gb =4gb
2 x 2gb =4gb
4 x 2gb =8gb
4 x 4gb =16gb

 

[Uther39]

Also all Ram modules should preferably be the same make and model.

 

[henydiah]

Your mobo no support Sli, am3+ 990fx ,990x is support sli. Maybe you need upgrade mobo, thank's for BA

 

[soulska]

oohh i see.. but theres another question

i can still use my 500 watt PSU if i were to choose the Asus GTX560 Ti TOP verson rite..?

 

[henydiah]

yep ... and don't use cooler master extreme power plus too long

 

[soulska]

yea planning to change soon thnx

 

[soulska]

You may also wish to pay your RAM some attention as you say you have 6gb ?

You should have 4 ram slots and all 4 slots should be filled with equal amounts of ram for system stability, E.G.
4 x 1gb =4gb
2 x 2gb =4gb
4 x 2gb =8gb
4 x 4gb =16gb

so its better to change my 2 gb slot to 4 gb to balance up..?

 

[henydiah]

2 x 4gb max for oc, use dual channel perfect for stability system

 

[soulska]

alright done that... thanks tried my gfx it works fine