PSU for GTX 260

aircommando13 · Post by **aircommando13** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:11 pm

My new rig is gonna have GTX 260 in it, and on the website the minimum is 500 watts (w/ 38 amps). Will 550 watts (w/ 44 amps) be bottlenecking it though, since i will be doing overclocking? here are the other hardware included.

E8500, probably overclocked to 4.0GHz
750i mobo
500GB 7200 rpm HD
4Gb(2 x 2GB) DDR2 800
DVD burner

martini161 · Post by **martini161** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:29 pm

i would just get a corsiar 520 or 620 hx and take out the guesswork

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:09 am

I think you should be ok with that much power, under load the whole LR test system with a 260GTX in it pulls under 325W, and that has a few more things running than you had.

Dan

aircommando13 · Post by **aircommando13** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:47 pm

Alright cool, I just didnt want to spend more than $70 on a powers supply, because that's already a lot

martini161 · Post by **martini161** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:08 pm

aircommando13 wrote:Alright cool, I just didnt want to spend more than $70 on a powers supply, because that's already a lot

no, actually its not. 70 is barely enough to spend on a quality power supply for even mainstream systems

aircommando13 · Post by **aircommando13** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:45 pm

you;re probably right, but the last psu i had cost me $30 and it's still trucking(6 months) with 585 watts and 40 amps.

stopthekilling77 · Post by **stopthekilling77** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:32 pm

Hombre, you should consider yourself lucky in that, but don't risk it.

aircommando13 · Post by **aircommando13** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:18 pm

yea here's the one I'm planning on getting-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817182087

It's actually 600 watts, so it should be plenty, I just don't know firsthand what the quality of the Rosewill stallion series is. One way to find out I guess.

camaroguy1998 · Post by **camaroguy1998** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:50 am

aircommando13 wrote:yea here's the one I'm planning on getting-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817182087

It's actually 600 watts, so it should be plenty, I just don't know firsthand what the quality of the Rosewill stallion series is. One way to find out I guess.

I know 2 people who have tried Rosewill PSU's(not the Stallion series) and neither will ever buy another!
One failed the other is light on voltage, barely acceptable!

aircommando13 · Post by **aircommando13** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:59 am

decided to order an antec one, 650 watts and 69 amps! only 80 bucks on newegg and had everything I needed.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817371015

martini161 · Post by **martini161** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:23 pm

69 amps on what rail?

aircommando13 · Post by **aircommando13** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:30 am

lol no... theres three, 22, 22, & 25

hnzw_rui · Post by **hnzw_rui** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:56 am

martini161 wrote:no, actually its not. 70 is barely enough to spend on a quality power supply for even mainstream systems

Not really. For mainstream PC's (as in those who are unlikely to ever visit LegitReviews

), a $50 Seasonic 300W 80+ efficiency power supply is more than enough. Most budget/mainstream OEM systems only ship with 200~300W PSU's. For most people, it's actually a waste to go with higher rated PSU's.

aircommando13 wrote:lol no... theres three, 22, 22, & 25

Nuh-uh. That's not how it works. 12V * 69A = 828W so you already know for sure that the combined amperage on the 12V rails is lower than 69A. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the information on Antec's website, but I reckon amperage's probably closer to 50A than 70A.

aircommando13 · Post by **aircommando13** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:03 pm

ah well i only need 38 amps

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