N neo3600 Reputable Dec 31, 2014 1 0 4,510 Dec 31, 2014 #1 Hi all, my question is, does my gigabyte superb e570 power supply have enough power for this vga card http://www.msi.com/product/vga/GTX-970-GAMING-4G.html#hero-overview?
Hi all, my question is, does my gigabyte superb e570 power supply have enough power for this vga card http://www.msi.com/product/vga/GTX-970-GAMING-4G.html#hero-overview?
GameOver007 Reputable Dec 6, 2014 608 0 5,360 Dec 31, 2014 #2 Hi - did find a review of Gig superb 550 on Hardware Secrets; You should read it, here are some comments from the conclusions: "We can't understand why when it comes to Power Supplies, tier 1 Motherboard suppliers offer low end products" "Superb 550 is a decent low end 450w unit if you pull between 180 and 270 w from it, on other load patterns it's effeciency is too low" "And to make things worse, we couldn't pull 550w from it" "Superb 550 is far from superb, and too expensive for what it is" Upvote 0 Downvote
Hi - did find a review of Gig superb 550 on Hardware Secrets; You should read it, here are some comments from the conclusions: "We can't understand why when it comes to Power Supplies, tier 1 Motherboard suppliers offer low end products" "Superb 550 is a decent low end 450w unit if you pull between 180 and 270 w from it, on other load patterns it's effeciency is too low" "And to make things worse, we couldn't pull 550w from it" "Superb 550 is far from superb, and too expensive for what it is"
GameOver007 Reputable Dec 6, 2014 608 0 5,360 Dec 31, 2014 Solution #3 Go for some decent PSU like Seasonic, XFX, Evga, Rosewill Upvote 0 Downvote Solution