Graphics card upgrade

okimgone

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Jan 22, 2013
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Hey there, Looking to upgrade my cards card. But one of my friends is saying I need to upgrade my power supply also at the same time. I am wondering is there a way of getting a very good graphics card (around £200) without upgrading my power supply aswell?

Here is my specs

Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard: ASUS® MAXIMUS V GENE: M-ATX, INTEL Z77 ROG MOTHERBOARD

Memory (RAM): 32GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 1866MHz X.M.P (4 x 8GB KIT)

Graphics Card: 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE 210 - DVI, HDMI, VGA

Power Supply: 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan


Thanks guys :)
 
Well if it is a high quality brand of PSU then i would say go get a 7850 or GTX 660 but i doubt it is and it is not single rail (usually dual rail PSU's are older ones and are not to be trusted under load). I do not know the prices in the UK sorry but i could see you being able to get a 7870 ghz eddition or 7950, or GTX 660 Ti with 200 of your currency.
 
This is what i could find in U.S. currency at just about 200 of yours: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121656&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
 

okimgone

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Jan 22, 2013
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Lovely thank you, I am not at home at the moment but I believe the +12V can be found here of my PSU
http://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/293

Two separated 12V rails (DUAL RAIL) for optimal power supply
Stable power supply, high degree of safety against currency fluctuations off the power mains through a very high support time of >23ms.
Maximum power stability on the output voltages of (+/- 3%) and active PFC with PF of up to 0.99
 

ARICH5

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the be quiet brand of psu has recently become a very good teir 2 psu. after 2011.

i see in your link to the psu under specifications it says 25A on the 12v...thats kinda low.