PSU question

MURDEROUS G

MURDEROUS G

MURDEROUS G

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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
 
The GTX460 dose not have 270W power consumption
The GTX480 has only 250W
Not shore but the GTX460 should have around 150-170W
Give us the specs of your current PSu but 35Amps on 12V should be just ok
P.S. edit ignore what is missing
 
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tres_kun said:
The GTX460 dose not have 270W power consumption
The GTX480 has only 250W
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That number is from some benchmark test a friend linked me to and is all I had to go off, maybe its wrong idk

tres_kun said:
Give us the specs of your current PSu but 35Amps on 12V should be just ok
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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.
 
Get a new one
Your CPU OC 180W+170 GPu +50W motherbord +15W/HDD 445W no chance
I had a termaltake 470W powering a system 370W load
And voltage drop to 11.78V
It required 1.38V for my OC versus 1.31V on a gold PSu
And i get 200Mhz more OC for the same voltage
Stable power means stable OC and system

Get a 550W minimum with 40Amps on 12V minimum
Edit: I will just tel you to get a gold certified one
I like to go the distance in stuff that should be there for a long time
So i will just shut up
 
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