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Rhapathy

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So I'm doing a few upgrades to my Dell XPS

What's inside, you ask?

i7 Quad Core (Not OC)
12 GB RAM
1TB HD
120 GB SSD

Stock factory XPS PSU @ 525 watts

I'm picking up a EVGA Geforce GTX560 (Despite the 650ti being recommended, and offering a 13% performance increase at most, I just don't need it.)

I will not be installing the card until I know that either the stock PSU will be fine to accompany this new hardware or I buy a new Corsair PSU.

Will the stock PSU do just fine?

What series is needed without going overkill?

Corsair 500, 650, etc..

From what I have gathered, I believe this card uses max 170w
 
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In addition: I'm not sure if this is helpful in your analysis, but dell states that their PSU in this model XPS can accompany cards that draw up to 240w

Edit: Also I have found people have put a GTX 580 in a XPS 9100, which calls for a 600-650w PSU and didn't have any issues to date.

In a nut shell I'm trying to get a popular vote, and good opinions. I know the quick and easy solution is to just buy a higher power PSU, but if I don't need it, I don't want it. After this card, the only hardware that may be changed is swapping old RAM with new. Nothing else.
 
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I can't be certain of this by any means, but the only information regarding this PSU that I can find are users saying which cards they have ran on it stock. I did pick up the card today, and now have it in my hands ready to roll, but I just wanted any other quick opinions.
 
A little update: I went against my better judgement and put the card in, in hopes that everything would be just fine.

I ran a Medium graphics game (Soldier Front 2) with max resolution, and highest graphics for about 20 minutes and the temp didn't surpass 67 C
 
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