MSI GTX 560 TI TWIN FROZR II PSU Enough?

truexgaming

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Hi,

I plan to get a GTX 560 TI MSI twin frozr ii.Can someone tell me if my PSU is fine?It says it wants 30A max and i cant see how Amps i have.Can someone calculate my amps of my psu?

PSU Link : http://hecgroupusa.com/products/switching-power-supply/retail-power-supply/win550ub

Overclock : Yes to GPU ( 950 / 1GHZ on core )

PC SPECS ( Now ) :

CPU : i5 2500k Stock
GPU:Gainward GTX 460 768MB
Motherboard:GIGABYTE PH67A-UD3-B3


Thanks . :hello:
 

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Ok how did you calculated it? So i dont ask again
 

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Yh its a great cheap PSU its 70% efficient and it does work very good with my GTX 460.The cooling is just superb
 
@ refillable ; been feeling sorry for myself ; i will loose my job at 01-01-2012, because otherwise they have to change my contract from a one year contract to a indefinite contract, and they won't do that. Fu..ers !

@ truexgaming ; can't remeber what the calculation is to sort out how much amps there are in total. Something with volts : watts = amps or watts : volts, aaaaaah can't remember, i'll try to find out.
 
The total wattage available for the 12V rail is the rated capacity of the 12V source in watts, dividing that by 12V tells you how much current is available from the 12V rails.
From ; http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/304464-10-what-correct-calculating-amps-multiple-rails

So in your case ; it says the combined power is 240W, 240 : 12 = 20A ????? That can't be right, can it ? Help ; someone smarter than me please !!!!

Maybe open your case and look if there is a sticker on the side of the psu, it often states the combined power from the +12V rails.
 

Long answering time sorry For keeping on waiting
I don't know what but isn't it suppose to be like this?:

+12v1: 17A -> 204W = For CPU, NorthBridge and SouthBridge
+12v2: 18A -> 216W = For other main peripherals except CPU, NorthBridge and SouthBridge (Including GPU)

Sorry If I am wrong, but I think the PSU will be enough.

Robjordy so sad...
 
Here it states it has 35A, getting more puzzeld by the minute. http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1818.

I can't believe with two rails from around 18A the combined output is 20A, normally you can add the rails up and take a couple of amps of, so it should be around 30A anyway.

 

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Yes it is 35A i found that too from their company maybe for some PSU's adding the two rails is just an option?If its gets burned i will get a Corsair 850 :) Thanks for the help
 

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I was under the impression that to calculate the amount of Amps needed on the 12v rails you took the total 12v current (in this case adding 18A and 17A to get 35A).

Then you look at the total wattage required to run just the GPU (usually under full load) and divided that by 12 to get the amount needed on the 12v rails to adequately power the GPU.
The total wattage the TWIN FROZR II according to the below article is 157w under full load.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_560_Twin_Frozr_II/21.html

So dividing 157 by 12 we get 13.08A necessary for the GPU alone.

i5-2500k TDP is 95W/12 = 7.92A

Lets add 5A to be in the safe zone.

Finally add in motherboard power draw, RAM, hard drive...it's about 1A-2A, but make it 3A to be 200% safe.

Adding all that up we get 29A on the 12v rails required to run your proposed setup.

Considering that your PSU has 35A on its 12v rails, you should be fine.
 

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Bull*** it runs very good with my GTX 460 768MB .I maybe can afford a new PSU ( a 500w corsair builder series one) but it delivers the same. So how can i test it if it can lift the power without damaging anything? Getting a same psu with same amps but different company is not good to me . But why not test it first ? Since HEC for me is astonishing since now.