Will these components work together?

scarffo · 6 Jan 2014 at 22:05

I'm planning on building a PC and I've chosen the ASUS GTX 760 as my graphics card. I plan to combine it with an ASUS Z87-K motherboard and a Corsair CX430 power supply, but being a bit of a noob, I'm not 100% sure if it will all work together.

I may have misunderstood, but the video card appears to require an extra PCIe power cable, but the power supply only has one.

Could anybody clarify whether or not this setup is possible, and offer any suggestions if I ought to look for another power supply?

Thanks,
Andy

stulid · 6 Jan 2014 at 22:10

Hi.

You need a stronger PSU,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057

Fulax · 6 Jan 2014 at 22:10

Depending on your other components and whether you'll be overclocking, 430w might just about manage, but the Builder series aren't Corsair's best units. I'd go for one of these, for the better quality and extra headroom:

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1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
Total : £119.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Avenged7Fold · 6 Jan 2014 at 22:21

I thought that the cx430 is the only cx PSU made by Seasonic and that the rest are CWT.

stulid · 6 Jan 2014 at 22:24

The CX400 was the Seasonic made unit and ended product a few years ago now.

Avenged7Fold · 6 Jan 2014 at 22:46

stulid said:
The CX400 was the Seasonic made unit and ended product a few years ago now.

Awww that sucks. Then there isn't much appeal in the cx series at all. Top brand prices for mediocre internals.

The superflowers are ballers though, my new one is glowing away happily, feeding my 290x.