Will my power supply do?

Soldato
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hey guys,

I just ordered a graphics card off the net, silly me never considered the power issue.

I started to watch a video on youtube about it and it says the card needs no less than a 500W power supply. (card is a GTX 760) and my power supply is a powercool 450W modular.

yet on the power supply there is the standard pins for sata etc and it has 2 8 pin slots and they are red and next to them it says for PCIE ??

will this psu be ok for moderate gaming??



thanks guys, RTJ
 
EVGA SuperNOVA NEX650G 650w 80plus Gold PSU, is this a decent PSU then?

oh, one more quick question, are the cables universal , e.g. can i use a few on the cables from my power cool on the EVGA one???



RTJ
 
hmm, i bought used but fully refurbished model with warranty. it only has :

4pin MB, 4+4 CPU, 1x3 SATA, 1 VGA 6pin 6+2pin

i have a SSD, HD and DVD Drive, gtx 760, and a molex to 4 pin for my 3 120mm case fans.

can you recommend somewhere i can get some more cables that will suit this GPU??




thanks, RTJ
 
i have returned this and bought a new EVGA PSU.

and i do apologise as i do appreciate the help and time you guys are giving me...



RTJ
 
i have tried to be cost effective as possible, and think your suggestions are a touch nigh for me and my budget gaming setup, i will upgrade this PSU when i get a bit more money and more hardcore into my gaming..

so i went with the EVGA 500B 500W PSU.

i know its not on your list but i tried to look at it from all angles to last me a mater of months till i can afford a NEW PSU, most likely off the list you advise.




RTJ
 
hey guys,

pastymuncher - been thinking about what you said and im looking at getting one of the PSU units you mentioned...

what i would like to know is if my current psu will run ok with these specs :

AMD FX 8350 CPU
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 MOBO
evga gtx 760 GPU
16gb hyper fury ddr3 ram
120 gb ssd
1tb hd
4tb hd
dvd drive

if not, i will look at a 650w modular or something from pasty's list.



cheers guys, RTJ
 
It's an awesome unit, you should be very happy with it. I've got the G2 750W and I've changed my dad's to a G2 650W. Rock solid units and they come with a good warranty. You can also get the full aftermarket cabling kit for these. Bitfenix do one, as do Cablemod.

sweet, glad i made a better choice now :D

cheers for the input fella.



RTJ
 
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