PSU Upgrade needed?

JW1993 · 2 Feb 2011 at 19:33

Hi there

I'm looking at upgrading my GTX 460 in my sig to that Asus GTX 480 thats on pre order at the minute. Now i'm just wondering if i'll need to upgrade my psu or not. I'm going to double check that everything in my sig is correct but it should be. I just know the 480 is a power hungry card and I have an overclocked CPU etc.

Thanks

The Halk · 2 Feb 2011 at 19:45

No, your PSU is fine.

RJC · 2 Feb 2011 at 19:52

Should be fine, I managed to get upto 615w from the mains with prime and Fur Mark running together.

But with general gaming you should be ok.

JW1993 · 2 Feb 2011 at 19:55

Alright, lets just say the PSU can't handle it.

What happens

RJC · 2 Feb 2011 at 19:56

The PSU should self protect and auto shutdown.

JW1993 · 2 Feb 2011 at 19:58

Oh good, no explosions then

Thanks!

RJC · 2 Feb 2011 at 20:03

Hopefully not ! :eek: