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Old November 28, 2008, 11:19 AM
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Default About to buy Evga GTX 260 Core 216 SC but a question regarding the power.
I have Cooler master extreme power 650W.
Will this work ok with the video card?
Thanks.
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Old November 28, 2008, 11:35 AM
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No problem. It will work fine.
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Old November 28, 2008, 11:42 AM
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Old November 28, 2008, 11:45 AM
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The answer to your question is NO.

The power supply you have actually has less output available on its +12V rails than some 500W PSUs.
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Old November 28, 2008, 02:18 PM
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I checked the manual and it says
12V 1 =18A
12V 2 =18A
Doesn't it meet the minimum requirement?
I checked the other more expensive PSUs and they either have the similar setting or have only one 12V available.
For example 12V = 40A
I don't know much about this. I could be wrong.
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I bet it will work fine.

Edit: In fact a google search reveals a lot of people with that combo, none are having problems.
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Old November 28, 2008, 02:45 PM
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No problem. It will work fine.
Says the man with a PC&Power cooling PSU

Not all 650w PSU are made the same his is nearly 2 years old and as sky said it doesn't even keep pace with most 500w models these days.
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Go to the overclock.net forums, 2 guys with that power supply and 260's are battling it out over 3dmark06.
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Old November 28, 2008, 03:00 PM
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Says the man with a PC&Power cooling PSU

Not all 650w PSU are made the same his is nearly 2 years old and as sky said it doesn't even keep pace with most 500w models these days.
Easy there EE, I did take the time to look up the posted specs on both the PSU and the GPU on NCIX, from what I could see it should handle it no problem. SKY disagrees. And so do you apparently.
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Old November 28, 2008, 03:08 PM
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I'll bet my left testicle it works just fine.

That doesn't mean it's a bad idea to upgrade your PSU though.
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