Videogames: What Are You Playing?

Wobbler · *by **Wobbler** on Tue 10/Jul/12 9:41am*

Would go a little bit bigger than that. I have a 750 watt with my 560ti (2 hard drives in puta). I -think- I did the maths when I purchased it and it allowed me a little bit of room for another couple of hard drives if needed. Have a look at some other manuf cards of similar specs and they should list out power requirements.

560ti

"Requirements
Minimum of a 500 power supply.
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 30 Amps.)
Two available 6-pin PCI-E power dongles"

happybaboon · *by **happybaboon** on Tue 10/Jul/12 9:45am*

Ah, ta.

Yeah I was thinking perhaps it's smart to go a couple of hundred watts bigger than I need. Figure if I'm not using it then it won't draw the power anyway, and will probably be quieter if it doesn't have to run at capacity...

tombomb600 · *by **tombomb600** on Tue 10/Jul/12 6:53pm*

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
Also most PSUs are most efficient at 50-75% load, something to keep in mind

happybaboon · *by **happybaboon** on Tue 10/Jul/12 8:26pm*

Chur. Says I only needs 390w...

But ehh. I'll go for a 650. I dunno how many cooling fans are in my tower so I left that bit blank so I'm guessing they use another 50w or so anyhow