Enough amps for a EVGA GTX 760 SC

[nmd68]

Ok I'm not familiar with the info on PSU's so I wanted to confirm that the AZZA psaz-cp700 provides enough amps. I see it has 32A on the max output current on the psu's sticker, and the card requires 30 amps.

 

[lowguppy]

Amps is not what really matters with a PSU, it's Watts. Depending on the rest of your system a 550 or 600 watt PSU will handle a GTX 760 with plenty to spare.

 

[nmd68]

My specs are
Case: NZXT Apollo
CPU: Intel i5 3570K
GPU: Power Color HD 7850
Mobo: Asus P8Z77-V LX
RAM: 4x2GB
PSU: AZZA 700 watt
Fans: 120mm LED fan
OS: Windows 7

 

[lowguppy]

It is very difficult to exceed the amperage of a PSU without some serious effort, and even then you'll probably exceed the wattage capacity first. PSUs are generally built to provide enough amps for their rated Watts. If you're buying a separate PSU (rather than some no-name OEM PSU that comes with the case) then you really don't need to look at Amps until you get into multi-GPU configurations.

Regardless, the PSU you listed will be just fine.

 

[nmd68]

This is what is on the PSU's sticker

AC Input: 115v/230v 10/5A 50~60Hz +5V & +3.3V combined 200W

DC Output: +3.3V +5V +12V +12V -12V +5VSB

Max Output: 24A 32A 21A 22A 0.6A 2.0A

Min Output: 1.0A 1.0A 0.5A 0.5A 0.0A 0.1A

Total Output: 700W

 

[lowguppy]

Yeah that's 32 amps on one 12v rail, with a second pushing 21 (plus all that little stuff like fans and storage separate) so between the ancillary power connectors and the PCI-E slot's share of the motherboard's power you're all set.

 

[giantbucket]

Uh, no, that's 32A on the 5V line. The two 12V lines are 21A and 22A.

Even though there's a lot of bad info in this thread, the power supply will handle a GTX760. My 430W handles a GTX760.

 

[a1blaster]

NVidia requirements is BS...NVidia assumes that you have a generic psu running 2 hdds...
as the previous comment said a 430W bronze certified psu can run 760 as long as you don't have many hdds and fancy pcie devices around...

 

[lowguppy]

Even so that's 43 between the two +12v rails, which is plenty.

 

[nmd68]

Just got 1 segate 2TB HDD, then I might as well mention a segate 1TB external USB 3.0, linksys wireless adapter, thermaltake esports challenger pro keyboard and black element mouse and Logitech hd 720p webcam

 

[giantbucket]

yeah, most of those peripherals (key,mouse,cam) don't make much difference. typically you can say that an internal HDD takes 10W, an external HDD takes 5W or has it's own separate power supply

the main power hogs are the CPU (50W-125W for the most common ones), and graphics cards (85W-250W for the majority). so even an average 450W power supply should be able to handle a single midrange-GPU setup with 1 hard drive, if parts are kept stock (no overclocking).

 

[nmd68]

ok I'm gonna compare my other system which runs a 550ti fpb which need on evga requires minimum 400w with 24 amps on +12v which my psu on that system has

DC Output: +3.3V +5V +12V1 +12V2 -5V -12V +5VSB

Max Output: 28A 30A 18A 18A 0.8A 0.8A 2.5A

The system runs fine even when i overlclock the card a bit

 

[nmd68]

Installed the card last night and works perfectly, only thing was that I had to use the power cable adapters that came with the card since my PSU has 2 6-pins and no 8-pin