GTX 760 on 24A

[mattwasd]

I just read a thread on here that really confused me, my PSU is a 480 watt, but i have 24A on the twelve volt. I read a post were someone said that a 500 watt with 18A could handle it, though the requirement is 30A

PC:480 watt PSU, AMD FX 8320 , 1 TB western digital blue, MSI 760gma p34, GTX 650 1GB.

 

[ko888]

NVIDIA has told its AIB (Add-In Board) partners that the power supply requirements for the GeForce GTX 760 is:

Minimum 500 Watt or greater system power supply [with a maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 30 Amps or greater] and with at least two 75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors.

Minimum system power requirement based on a PC configured with an Intel Core i7 3.2GHz 130W TDP processor.

An NVIDIA Reference Design GeForce GTX 760 2 GB GDDR5 can draw up to 13 Amps from the +12V rail.

An AMD FX 8320 can draw up to 8.75 Amps at stock clock speed from the +12V rail

You still need some extra +12V power for hard disk drives, CPU and case cooling fans, etc.

That's well over the 18 Amps that the "someone" said would handle it.