GTX 980 on a 450W PSU?

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DevonDoesGFX

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The recommended power outtage for the 980 is 500w, presumably this is because the comany knows people will have skimpy Power supplies;

I am running a Corsair VS450w Power supply, has been running for a year now with no problems. My 980 arrives on friday, Could I TEST it on this PSU with no problems?

By the way; Im running a AMD FX-6300 Right now, untill my parts are delivered.
 
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Im buying a EVGA Supernova 850w. Just waiting for it to be delivered, this is why I say, I want to TEST the card on a few games on this rig before all parts are delivered.
 
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DO NOT EVEN TRY

Reason 1: Your PSU is very low quality, literally. It uses chinese caps and usually goes off as soon as it's warranty ends.

Reason 2: 450W would always be tight for a 980 even if PSU was very high quality. Yours is not only low quality but old as well.

Reason 3: Your CPU has quite high power consumption.

In all technicality, either the PSU will fail or your components will.

 
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Does that PSU even have the proper connectors, I believe you require 2 6pin, I know most cheep PSU's only have 1 6pin. Also nVidia recommends 500w as bare minimum, I think you will see a lot of crashing and possibly blow your PSU and strongly recommend getting at least a 650w Seasonic or EVGA.
 
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Corsair actually has some high quality PSUs. It's really the CX and VS series that are the lower quality. The TX, HX and AX series are some that compete with the best on the market. People on this forum simply don't have any care to make that distinction. Yet they advertise EVGA even though EVGA's generation 1 power supplies are just as poor as the VS and CX series.
 
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I meant the lower-end.

 
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It will not destroy your rig because although it is a budget unit it has all the internal protection needed. Worst case scenario you will loose the VS but is unlikely on a short test.
 
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Hey guys... Reliving this topic, gtx 980 + 450w PSU....
I'm on a Evga Hadron, ok, it's default PSU it's a 1U 500w 80+ gold, but I'm using a 450w, but it's a SilverStone SFX 80+ gold model...
So, I think it can handle it, as you guys told up there... I'm thinking about getting a MSI Gaming 4g 980, as it's smaller than other 980's.

What you guys think about it: MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G + SilverStone SFX 450? Go or No Go?
 
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