GFX and power, etc.

[the_worrier]

xxx

 

[Cleeecooo]

Don't bother with any of that.

You may blow your graphics ard and take some more of your system with it!

Give us a budget and we'll find you decent PSU

 

[Orcvader]

What is the PSU brand and which GPU is it? From how you connected it it sounds fine, but depending on the brand of the PSU it may not be able to power the card.

 

[tommybhoy]

As above, that sounds about right, but what gpu is it, and what brand of psu is it?
By the sounds of your gpu having an 8+6 pin pci-e plugs meaning it's a high powered job, and your psu not having any pci-e plugs at all then I'm guessing your psu won't be up to the task at all.
If you plug in your gpu and power up, as cleecooo pointed out, you may do more harm than good and be left with a big puff of blue smoke.

 

[the_worrier]

xxx

 

[MagicBoy]

Brand is not irrelevant. Cheaper brands such as Q-TEC or Win Power or the like rarely live up to their claimed specs and can damage components if pushed hard.

There's no need to add lots of power, just a decent PSU of the correct wattage for the kit.

 

[Cleeecooo]

Ahhh, it'll be fine. If it all goes t1ts i can justify a new PC to the missus!



BFG GTX 280 OC and an HEC 550


Surely, brand is irrelevant...550W is 550W after all! I appreciate i may need, say 700W to power the Gfx card but nVidia specify 500/550W after all.

Should be fine. when I heard it was 8 pin, i immediately presumed 480/6950 etc

Brand is not irrelevant. Cheaper brands such as Q-TEC or Win Power or the like rarely live up to their claimed specs and can damage components if pushed hard.

There's no need to add lots of power, just a decent PSU of the correct wattage for the kit.

this

 

[jonny512379]

Ahhh, it'll be fine. If it all goes t1ts i can justify a new PC to the missus!



BFG GTX 280 OC and an HEC 550


Surely, brand is irrelevant...550W is 550W after all! I appreciate i may need, say 700W to power the Gfx card but nVidia specify 500/550W after all.

I learned this the hard way too (wasted money and system kept crashing).
I learned just because the sticker says 550W does not mean the PSU puts this power out under load.....
But the sticker does sell PSU's to people like me and you.......

 

[physichull]

Thread hijack, I'm looking to upgrade my 4870x2 and so would a Corsair 650W be adequate to supply a single 580?

Rest of system:
i7 920 @3.4GHz, 6Gb Ram, Gigabyte EX58-UD3R

 

[the_worrier]

xxx

 

[RJC]

Thread hijack, I'm looking to upgrade my 4870x2 and so would a Corsair 650W be adequate to supply a single 580?

Rest of system:
i7 920 @3.4GHz, 6Gb Ram, Gigabyte EX58-UD3R

Yes, I have a similar system to you and with Furmark and prime running I pull 500w from the mains.

 

[physichull]

Yes, I have a similar system to you and with Furmark and prime running I pull 500w from the mains.

Thank you.

Now to wait for the prices to drop a bit in prep fr BF3.