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[Leezor]

My mate is selling his "Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB" card for £190 and i was wondering would my OCZ 600W PSU be alright?
I have 2 x 6 pins and would have to use the 6 to 8 adapter which he said he has, i dunno if that makes any difference.

I game at 1680x1050 but will maybe buy a new monitor in the future.

 

[Leezor]

What is the rest of your system

i5-760 @ 3.6GHz | 4GB 1600Mhz | Sapphire 5830 | 600W | Antec 300

 

[Leezor]

Thanks guys, ok i just checked and i have two 6 pins in my current card and a little two pin doing nothing, instead of using the adapter would i just put the two 6 pins and then the 2 pin into the 580?

http://puu.sh/vdXA
^my mates adapter, dont look like the adapters i have seen.

 

[Leezor]

£190 is a good price aye? his only had it about 5-6 months i think

 

[Leezor]

I seen someone say dont stress test or benchmark with 580 + 600w, was he being over the top or best to be safe?

 

[Leezor]

Thanks. Another question, would it be safe overclocking with my PSU? and if so does the 580 OC well?

 

[Leezor]

Ok so the card is installed and everything seems fine except when im installing games its taking much longer and it slows my PC right down.

 

[Leezor]

you dont use your graphics card for installing games.

it wont be drawing anything like the power it is when under full load/playing games.

thats your hard drive being slow?!

aye i know that but i installed Crysis 2 the other day with my 5830 in, and it was fine, its only doing this today after installing the 580, which is what i dont understand.