New PSU needed tight budget

Shenton

Shenton

Shenton

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Hi my motherboard needs its own 12w 8pin connection and my current PSU doesn't have one.

Setup:
Motherboard - gigabyte z170xp-sli
CPU - i5-6600k
Acx evga cooler 120mm
X4 1g ram
1g hard drive
X5 120mm fans

The current PSU is 750w but not sure on the make

My budget is around the £100 area

My brother in law says to get one where you can connect things straight to the PSU

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thanks
 
What gpu? A quality 550w psu will power just about any single gpu pc even with overclocking. This is a very good psu built by Seasonic for EVGA and is fully modular, gold rated and comes with a 5 year warranty.

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Let me know what gpu you have before you go and buy it though just to confirm it's enough power.
 
:D:D:D That get's my vote for reply of the month!! I quite agree though as that's a terrible card. I take it this is not a gaming pc? The psu I suggested is more than enough and even overkill for a GT 610 which hardly uses any power at all. I just wanted to make sure you didn't have something like a AMD 7990.
 
It is a gaming PC and when my brother used it in his the graphics where really good its just a dated card I will upgrade it when I can
 
Just searched overclockers and the 610 on there looks nothing like the one I've got. So I thing I've got the wrong box will find out and let you know.
 
Shenton said:
Just searched overclockers and the 610 on there looks nothing like the one I've got. So I thing I've got the wrong box will find out and let you know.
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If you download and run gpu-z it will tell you what card it is. Maybe he gave you the card in the wrong box then because the GT 610 is in no way a gaming card. Your 6600k has more powerful onboard graphics.

What make and model is your 750w psu? If it's a decent unit it should have a pair of 4 pin connectors that clip together as danoliver1 says. You can also run with just a 4 pin plug in a 8 pin socket but if it's not a decent psu that you have you really should replace it.
 
I'll see if I can clip two 4 pins together. Can't run gpu-z because I can't turn the PC till I sort the power to the motherboard and then I need to install windows as its a clean hardrive I'll update if the clipping 2 together works
 
TBF with the 8800 GTX having two would be very wasteful of your electric, you be better off ditching the one you have and get a 2nd hand HD5850/70 (£25-£50) or equivalent NVidia or better.

The 8xxx series doesn't have particularly good power management so uses a lot of juice even on basic desktop usage.

Spending the extra money on one slightly more modern card and less on a lower power PSU is the better option.
 
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