What is the strongest gpu that can Corsair VS450 handle?

[lhuigi]

Disregard the price. I want to know what is the strongest gpu it can handle.

This is my rig:

i3-2120 w/ Deepcool Gammaxx 300 hsf
ECS H67H2-M3 (V1.0)
2x4gb Kingston 1333mhz
1x500gb 5400rpm hdd
1x1tb 7200rpm hdd
2 led case fans
Corsair VS450 - Orange label (w/ 2x6+2 PCIE, single 12V @ 34A)

 

[fredfinks]

the gtx 960. equivalent ATI cards will draw more power.

 

[DelroyMonjo]

That PSU has only 1 ea. 6 pin PCIe connector and a lot of cards require a single 8 pin connector or 2 ea. 6 pin connectors. A GTX750 Ti would work but getting into the 960 or 970 series would be pushing your PSU a bit far.

 

[photonboy]

Hey,
GTX970.

Your CPU does not use much power, so you have more available to a GPU (via a Molex->6-pin adapter... or that plus another 6-pin into an 8-pin PCIe on card). Many cards come with one.

You should have no issues with a 2x6-pin, or 1x8-pin PCIe card.

A worst-case for one of these cards is about 225W (though typically that's much lower). That gives you over 200W for the rest of the system and I doubt you use much over 100W if even that.

So typical gaming is probably around 300W max.

So again, no issues likely.

 

[photonboy]

http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-core-i3-2120-3-3ghz-sandy-bridge-processor-review_1650/16

bare system using 65W running Prime95.

GTX970 max 197W (further overclock adds a bit more):
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_OC/23.html

So...
worst-case is about 300W if we add in fans.

Math is fun.

Update:
technically you have 408W on the single 12V rail (Graphics, PSU, and fans). Not an issue as again 300W is a worst-case so you aren't even at 75% load.

I generally recommend no more than 75% load to be really safe, and also because the PSU fan usually gets quite loud.

 

[lhuigi]

I will do gaming (1080p like GTA V, BF4, ACS). So GTX 970? What about on the AMD side?

 

[fredfinks]

get the 970. that is all.