I am going with a GTS 450, you know why?My psu was working fine.I am putting a 30w less cpu in it, and the GTS450 is 30w more than my current gpu.So i think im safe.
I am going with a GTS 450, you know why?My psu was working fine.I am putting a 30w less cpu in it, and the GTS450 is 30w more than my current gpu.So i think im safe.
Okay, but if anything doesnt happen within a couple months )blow up, etc), its on you.
V2 180 watts is the gpu power.
But from what I gather from the feedback dates on Newegg the PS is around 5 years old.
I wouldn't trust the caps for running near the rated limit.
You should fell good about providing you computer with solid, clean and powerful voltage regulation. My PSU is overkill, but with a 7 year warranty, its the cheapest and best.
I agree with Bigfella and HT and MCC here, Byte. Honestly, a 380W with a GTS 450 is a bad idea. It's already been proven here a number of times that it's dangerous.
I'd hold off getting a 450 now and instead spend the money on a better power supply now. Corsair CX 500, great power supply, cheap, will be fine. Will be more beneficial in the long run.
Oh yeah, s3?You know who has tried to allways try to get someone out of a bad psu?Me.I didnt cheap out on my PSU.In fact, I spent quite a bit on it being that its only 380w.My PSU will almost deffinatly run a GTS 450, i will be putting the same load on it as I am now.
Please remember that rails and amps are not everything. You need to be thinking about your PSU efficiency. Say you go for a good brand but nothing high end, you will get max 80% efficiency. Say you buy the Corsair CX430. You have the nominal output of 430W but with it's efficiency it will output no more then: 344W. Add up all of your systems consumption and you will soon see it's not enough.
As others said, factor in the temperature and how hard (read "long") you want it to be alive. Factor in that if your PSU blows, it will most likely take out all of the major components in your PC (if you are lucky, it's "just" CPU, motherboard and the GPU). It really pays to get something better and with the prices and the competition within this market, you will be easily able to buy a good, known brand, 600W PSU. Remember, just because it has 600W, it doesn't mean it will draw that much, just as much as it's needed. It will have better efficiency, meaning more electricity it takes from the wall will be converted into the steady current for your components and less into the heat. You save energy, your ears (it will run silent) and a lots of cash in case of the blow from the cheaper PSU.
You still don't get it.Way more power? We're are you coming from? Here, i am being rude, I will stop. Okay, you guys gave great advice. And, I won't put that much power on my psu with a GTX 260. UT, listen to this: I will have a 35w cpu, down from my 65w cpu I was running. I will have a GTS 450 for 100w, which is 30w more than my gt 240 (not way more power).
Hey, that's how you get warnings/infractions, delete your post and make a thread.
I would have. But I felt like all the information that was asked for was already given and that this thread is really serving no other purpose but to argue about whether or not a certain PSU is strong enough to run what.
So I figured if this thread is done serving its purpose, why waste time and create another one and instead give this thread a short purpose again?
I mean, from what Iv been reading its just been going back and forth for the past few pages.....
I dont wanna thread jack, but since we are on the topic here is what my voltages display: