PSU question

[MURDEROUS G]

Hello all,

After my faithful 4850 finally died recently (rip) it's time to get a new graphics card. I don't game much any more and need to save money so I'm going to go for one of the refurb GTX 460s. The 460 apparently consumes ~270W under load, and my cheap Coolermaster PSU only does 312W and is four years old now as well, so I'm figuring I will get a new PSU too. What should I be looking at to power a Q6600 @ 3.6, 1GB GTX 460 and three HDs? It's a very modest system by today's standards so I'm sure I don't need to break the bank but I would still like to get a nice reliable PSU that I don't need to worry about. Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[MURDEROUS G]

The GTX460 dose not have 270W power consumption
The GTX480 has only 250W

That number is from some benchmark test a friend linked me to and is all I had to go off, maybe its wrong idk

Give us the specs of your current PSu but 35Amps on 12V should be just ok

It's a Coolermaster eXtreme Power Plus 460. In theory it's more than capable of powering everything, but from what I've read they weren't particularly well regarded even back in 2008 when I bought it, and for my own peace of mind if nothing else I'm going to get a new one.

 

[MURDEROUS G]

Get a new one

Yeah, I was planning on getting a new one. As per the first post of this thread, I was hoping people might be kind enough to suggest appropriate ones for me to consider.