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Originally Posted by Froboy7391_99
I calculated how much it woul need with that extreme psu calculater thing and it came out with 675 watts. Is that accurate?
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Nope. Although there's no info on power consumption for cards greater than an 8800GTX, you certainly won't draw that much with a single GTX. If SLI/Crossfire is out of the question, i'd consider a 500W unit with +12V@34A to be about the minimum, with 550W & +12V@36A+ to be preferable. I'd also avoid dual rail units in favour of PSUs with either a strong single rail, or 3+ rails.
Try this calculator, it seems to give more accurate results and more info as well:
http://web.aanet.com.au/SnooP/psucalc.php
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