Enough Power for 460 SLI

What is the rest of your system?

Recommended Power Supply

Here is Guru3D's power supply recommendation:

GeForce GTX 460

On your average system the card requires you to have a 450 to 500 Watt power supply unit.
GeForce GTX 460 in SLI

A second card requires you to add another ~200 Watts. You need a 650 ~700 Watt power supply unit.
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-056-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

or modular:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

You might be better off selling your 460 and getting a newer card?
 
What is your system spec out of interest?

I wouldn't buy a 460 retail, at £130ish they are priced to close to the 560ti, 6950 or 7850 which both have 2GB of VRAM.

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If you are going to SLI, i hope you realise you share the VRAM it doesn't combine. You also need to check and get a card with the same memory bandwith. Just checking :)
 
I'm running Fx 6100 standard
5 internal Sata drives
4Gb corsair xms3 -very soon to be 8

I wouldnt purchase another 460 at retail but was thinking if I picked up another card at a decent price 2nd hand it might be worth running in SLI - but actually maybe selling this card and upgrading would be better?

TBH i've got no performance issues at the moment it would just be more for future proofing plus it would help wit video editing in Premier.
 
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Shades said:
I'm running Fx 6100 standard
5 internal Sata drives
4Gb corsair xms3 -very soon to be 8

I wouldnt purchase another 460 at retail but was thinking if I picked up another card at a decent price 2nd hand it might be worth running in SLI - but actually maybe selling this card and upgrading would be better?

TBH i've got no performance issues at the moment it would just be more for future proofing plus it would help wit video editing in Premier.
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8GB of RAM is a good choice.

I'd suggest, if you can afford it, one of the cards Hono has linked to.

GTX460 SLI vs 560Ti 448
GTX460 vs 560Ti 448

A single card will run cooler/quieter/use less power too :)
 
I had an OCZ 600W PSU when I bought my second 460. I ended up buying the 850W Coolermaster in my sig to get things stable. The OCZ coped, but got extremely hot.

That was about 18 months ago though. The 460 is getting a bit long in the tooth now. If I were upgrading now I'd go for a newer single card unless you find a 460 really cheap.
 
seems like the best choice is to get a newer single card - still getting decent FPS in games so untill something comes along that renders the card useless I'll hold on to it.

Thanks for the input
 
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