PSU for a GTX 260

[wary1]

Hi all,
I really want to get a GTX 260 and am wondering if my current PSU would be powerful enough to run it.My PSU is the coolermaster igreen 600w-I also have a quad core processor (q8200)and 500gb HDD.Will this run it or am I needing to get a different PSU?Thanks to all that reply.

[j0j081]

I am also wondering what is the bare minimum required to run a gtx 260 or 275 card. I just got a new psu earlier this year because it was an unbelievable deal but it is only 500 watts.

[Blacklash]

A quality PSU should handle the GTX 260 fine. As long as it's not some questionable peace of junk that was rated for peak output in a freezer. Never put hardware you care about on cheap dirty power.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/geforce-gtx200-theory_12.html#sect0

IMO a Coolermaster igreen 600w should be perfectly fine for the 260.

The draw for an i7 system @ 3.2GHz with a GTX 275 installed is listed below-

http://techreport.com/articles.x/16681/11

Those numbers are not card consumption only.

[Yaboze]

I ran one with multiple DVD+R's, 2 Satas on a Antec 650W at one point.

[mojoman0]

I'm running mine fine off a of an Antec 500w

[sillyeagle]

I'm running my system at the clocks below with 3 HDD's and a 9600GT for PhysX on an Antec 650w.

[wary1]

Thank you,Thank you,Thank you all for the replies am definately going to get the gtx 260 then.WOO HOO(nana2)

[j0j081]

I'm running mine fine off a of an Antec 500w

sweet thanks.

[XDanger]

mine is running off my Thermaltake W0099 250w

[avirox]

I'm running mine fine off a of an Antec 500w

Seconded! I'm running my C2D @ 3.1ghz + 2GB RAM + GTX 260 OC'd on an Antec Earthwatts 500 with no problems.

[crainger]

I have 2x260GTX running of a Corsair 850watt ::o:

[tjohn]

I'm using a Corsair 850 for my current system with a GTX260

[ATOJAR]

Using a Hiper Type-R 580W here, All fine and dandy.

Im gonna have to upgrade when the GTxxx cards arrive though. :p

[Shanawa]

I have upgraded from a Nvidia 8800 gt to a 260 gtx video card. The problem I am having is in some area of games my pc beeps. I think maybe the power supply may not be sufficient. I have a E6750 overclocked to 3.2 GHz , 4 1GB DDR2 800 memory, Abit IP35 Pro MB, EVGA 260 GTX video card, 4 SATA hard drives, 1 DVDRW drive, 1 PCI NIC , 6 120mm fans and an ANTEC TP3-650 PSU. The PSU calculator says I need 400w. The power requirements for the 260 GTX state 500W minimum with +12V at 36Amps. The TP3-650 has 3 rails of 12V @ 19Amps. I read that both PCI-E 6 pins on the PSU are on the same rail, so I tried connecting one of the 6 pins to a molex so I would have power from 2 rails. But I still get the beeps. Can you tell me if my PSU is insufficient for my setup? I want to know if the problem lies with my PSU or maybe a bad video card. Thanks.

[DeusGear]

You're fine. I'm running my entire rig of a hd4870x2 and it's without issue.