GeForce GTX 460 HAWK "Super-OC"

[CHRIS44]

Hi i'm thinking of buying a GeForce GTX 460 HAWK "Super-OC" video card 780mhz , I wondered cuz it's overclocked do i need more than a 450 watt psu ?

 

[gamerdude1989]

id recommend paying that small amount more and getting the 1gb version instead.
i think (not 100% sure), but i think its something like a 500w psu needed.
But having a slightly bigger psu is always good, gives your psu headroom so its not constantly on full load.
hope this helped

 

[Surveyor]

id recommend paying that small amount more and getting the 1gb version instead.
i think (not 100% sure), but i think its something like a 500w psu needed.
But having a slightly bigger psu is always good, gives your psu headroom so its not constantly on full load.
hope this helped

It is a 1 GB version.

And your signature is still too big.

4 lines of text only.

 

[Surveyor]

Hi i'm thinking of buying a GeForce GTX 460 HAWK "Super-OC" video card 780mhz , I wondered cuz it's overclocked do i need more than a 450 watt psu ?

Hi and welcome to the forum.

450W should be enough as long as it's a good 450W PSU which can output all of that power on the 12V rail and not some no name piece of rubbish.

What make and model of PSU is it and what's the rest of your system spec.?

 

[James J]

Personally I'd be careful with overclocking this card on a 450w PSU, even a good branded one as it really draws a lot of power past 900mhz core!

 

[Surveyor]

Personally I'd be careful with overclocking this card on a 450w PSU, even a good branded one as it really draws a lot of power past 900mhz core!

At the "stock" overclocked speed a high end PC uses less than 350W with this card. See here.

With a large overclock this goes up to 435W and with voltage tweaks to 503W. See here.

Those figures are at the mains so the PSU is actually outputting less power than those numbers suggest.

A good 450W PSU will be fine as long as the OP doesn't go nuts on the overclocking and voltage tweaking.

 

[James J]

At the "stock" overclocked speed a high end PC uses less than 350W with this card. See here.

With a large overclock this goes up to 435W and with voltage tweaks to 503W. See here.

Those figures are at the mains so the PSU is actually outputting less power than those numbers suggest.

A good 450W PSU will be fine as long as the OP doesn't go nuts on the overclocking and voltage tweaking.

I know this as I've read the article a few months back. We know nothing about what else the OP has in his computer so 450w on an average overclock is really pushing it in my opinion, regardless of brand. Also factor into account that the PSU might be a few years old, so won't be putting out 450w anyway.

 

[Surveyor]

I know this as I've read the article a few months back. We know nothing about what else the OP has in his computer so 450w on an average overclock is really pushing it in my opinion, regardless of brand. Also factor into account that the PSU might be a few years old, so won't be putting out 450w anyway.

Which is why I asked the OP for more information.

Hi and welcome to the forum.

450W should be enough as long as it's a good 450W PSU which can output all of that power on the 12V rail and not some no name piece of rubbish.

What make and model of PSU is it and what's the rest of your system spec.?

 

[James J]

Which is why I asked the OP for more information.

And yet again, if its over 2 years old, I wouldn't bother as it'll most likely brown out at any decent overclock anyway.

 

[Meaker]

347W from the wall = 277W real consumption.

60% of his supply, oh noes? That's an ideal place for you system to be running at

503W from the wall = 402.W real consumption, so again a decent 450W supply should cope. Though maybe hold off from overclocking AND overvolting it.