Cousin is getting a new card

[Thecrazygame13]

So my cousin needs help, he is going to get a GTX 550 Ti from Nvidia.

Problem is he has the 400w necessary, but he has two 12v rails.

http://i.imgur.com/TQm1M.jpg <an image of his PSU. I think it's 14a and 15a on both rails.

I'm wondering if he'll need an upgrade or will he be fine.

Thanks, Charles.

 

[hellfire24]

no,i would suggest a better power supply.

 

[dudewitbow]

well on the thing, it says the total wattage to the 12v rails is 385w(which i question because 14+15 amp 12v rail = 348w) i would assume it works because the 550ti is a really low end card.(though why not get a hd 7750, about the same power graphical wise with much lower power consumption that could easily just avoid this thread in the first place)

edit: the existance of the 7750 basically makes the 550ti a moot point buy, unless you need the cuda for non gaming purposes or plan to use it as a physx drive because the gtx 460 is not to far off at this price point which performs exceptionally better, at a higher power supply cost though.

 

[Thecrazygame13]

well on the thing, it says the total wattage to the 12v rails is 385w(which i question because 14+15 amp 12v rail = 348w) i would assume it works because the 550ti is a really low end card.(though why not get a hd 7750, about the same power graphical wise with much lower power consumption that could easily just avoid this thread in the first place)

edit: the existance of the 7750 basically makes the 550ti a moot point buy, unless you need the cuda for non gaming purposes or plan to use it as a physx drive because the gtx 460 is not to far off at this price point which performs exceptionally better, at a higher power supply cost though.

He just needs a graphics upgrade for BF3 and Just Cause 2.

Would the 7750 work without a psu upgrade? Or should he just get a psu anyways?

 

[dudewitbow]

He just needs a graphics upgrade for BF3 and Just Cause 2.

Would the 7750 work without a psu upgrade? Or should he just get a psu anyways?

the 7750 is one of the lowest possible power consuming cards on this day and age. it consumes so little power that it doesnt even need a 6 pin to power it. its the go to card for highest non 6 pin gpu

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7770-7750-benchmark,3135-14.html

 

[Thecrazygame13]

the 7750 is one of the lowest possible power consuming cards on this day and age. it consumes so little power that it doesnt even need a 6 pin to power it. its the go to card for highest non 6 pin gpu

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7770-7750-benchmark,3135-14.html

but it's also PCI-E 3.0, he has a slot, but will it go if it's 2.0?

 

[dudewitbow]

but it's also PCI-E 3.0, he has a slot, but will it go if it's 2.0?

pci-e slots are backwards compatable. my 7850 on my computer is running of pci-e 2.0 since i dont have an ivy bridge cpu.

 

[Thecrazygame13]

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[dudewitbow]

if your cousin is buying today, use the code FB1MTHANKS1 on newegg, its 10$ off 100$ purchase or more. its ONLY for today though.