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Hi all, my brother in law is wanting to upgrade his GPU to a GTX1080 from a GTX960. My question is, will his Be Quiet pure power 9 600W 80 PLUS SILVER PSU be ok ?
Thanks
Dan
Thanks
Dan
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Hi all, my brother in law is wanting to upgrade his GPU to a GTX1080 from a GTX960. My question is, will his Be Quiet pure power 9 600W 80 PLUS SILVER PSU be ok ?
Thanks
Dan
I would definitely invest in a new PSU with a better efficiency then the one u have.
It will run since it is not drawing much power but you can forget about any overclock on either CPU or the GPU. This may be too much for it.
Upgrade PSU in the nearest future.
It would be good to know what other components does he have before giving you a definite answer.
Card itself draws around 170W from the wall but don't forget it is not he only consumer of power in the PC.
Where are you getting your information from?! Why would he need a more efficient PSU?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10325/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-and-1070-founders-edition-review/30
OP it is fine. A full GTX 1080 setup uses 335w
Even when overclocked:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10325/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-and-1070-founders-edition-review/31
It uses less than 400w total power.
I said it will run depending what other hardware is powered by the psu. He can have a fridge freezer connected to it you never know
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/understanding-the-80-plus-certification/
Worth reading to understand the psu efficiency. This would clear few things up.
This is why I recommend a future upgrade as he would benefit from it in the long run.
For the time being it is a decent psu
I said it will run depending what other hardware is powered by the psu. He can have a fridge freezer connected to it you never know
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/understanding-the-80-plus-certification/
Worth reading to understand the psu efficiency. This would clear few things up.
This is why I recommend a future upgrade as he would benefit from it in the long run.
For the time being it is a decent psu
I would definitely invest in a new PSU with a better efficiency then the one u have.
It will run since it is not drawing much power but you can forget about any overclock on either CPU or the GPU. This may be too much for it.
Upgrade PSU in the nearest future.
It would be good to know what other components does he have before giving you a definite answer.
Card itself draws around 170W from the wall but don't forget it is not he only consumer of power in the PC.
Wrong. Psu will be fine with 1080 and overclock if he wants.
Minimum requirements i believe is 500W, your hardware well never draw all that power, it worth while investing in a watt meter plug for the sake of £10 nice to know exactly what your machine is drawing at the wall, know for sure then what head room you have for upgrades in the future