Radeon hd 6770 on a 360W Dell power supply

[nebraskadan]

Just looking for advice on if a Radeon hd 6770 will be safe to run on my 360W Dell PSU. My 4850 died, and I need a decent replacement until I try to build my first system in 1-2 years.

I'm going back and forth between going to a even better card and replacing the PSU, but I'm concerned about the cooling in my Dell case. It only has one 80mm fan on the back. Any advice?

 

[nebraskadan]

Also, specs if they help...

<<< System Summary >>>
> Mainboard : Dell 0R849J
> Chipset : Intel X58
> Processor : Intel Core i7 920 @ 2666MHz
> Physical Memory : 8192MB
> Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
> Hard Disk : Western Digital WD6400AAKS-75A7B2 ATA Device (640GB)
> Hard Disk : WD 5000AAC External (500GB)
> DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH30N
> Monitor Type : PL1900-BK - 19 inches
> Network Card : Intel 82567LF-2 Gigabit Network Connection
> Operating System : Windows (TM) Vista Home Premium Home Edition Media Center 6.00.6002 Service Pack 2 (64-bit)
> DirectX : Version 11.00
> Windows Performance Index : 5.9 on 5.9

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

It wil run with that psu, but a i7 920 is worth a better card than a 6770 imo. Depends on if you wanne game with it, if so i would buy a nice 500W psu from Antec, Corsair, XFX or Seasonic and put a HD6870, GTX560Ti or even a HD6950 in it. ( if your gonne upgrade in 1-2 years the 560Ti is the best choice i think.

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Btw if you gonne built a high end system over 1-2 years maybe better get a 750W if you wanne sli or crossfire in the future.

 

[nebraskadan]

Thanks for the good advice (again). Do you think my cooling is good enough to run one of those upper tier cards you mentioned?

 

[Djentleman]

I shouldn't talk because i use a test bench. But i would get like 1 or 2 120 mm fans. Depending on your case....

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Depends, do you have a case fan blowing hot air out ( or cool air in ) ?

 

[nebraskadan]

It blows out hot air. I need to go home and look if the darn thing even has another place for an additional fan.

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

I have about the same system as yours. Mine also has a cpu ventilator with a big round thing on it ( can't think of the English term ) going to the side of the case so it gets cold air from the outside. Also 1 fan blowing air out. I have a 560ti soc which get's pretty hot but without problems for other components. I checked the temps inside a couple of times and it was ok.

 

[nebraskadan]

I believe I have some sort of fan sucking in from the front-side vent as well. I will have to double check it. If I do have that, I think i'll go with your suggestion of the 560ti. Thanks again for helping a newbie.

 

[nebraskadan]

Best answer selected by nebraskadan.

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Anytime.

 

[Kishere]

get a gts 450 or a gtx 550 ti and buy a 500w psu make sure it has all the connection you need and/or get a gtx 260 it is still a upgrade