what to upgrade?

[Mark Nollo]

Hi there,

I already had an asus sabertooth z77, core i5 2500k, 4gb ddr3, 450w quality PSU.

I have 340$, I thing I have two option:

option 1:

buy a gtx 660ti with a 8GB RAM

option 2:

buy a gtx 760 with a 550w quality psu

what is the best option for gaming?

 

[JRAtk94]

by "quality PSU", what do you mean?

What's the brand?

And the 760 would be better than the 660 Ti.

 

[Mark Nollo]

by "quality PSU", what do you mean?

What's the brand?

And the 760 would be better than the 660 Ti.

I mean if I buy a gtx 760, then I have to upgrade my psu from 450w to 550w

 

[JRAtk94]

What's the brand of your current 450W PSU?

 

[Mark Nollo]

What's the brand of your current 450W PSU?

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00001755

 

[Oggodatank]

I think a 450w quality PSU is fine with a 2500k and GTX 760. Both running stock is only drawing 245w and OC'd maybe 300-310w. This quarters system builder $1300 PC only draws 338w full load with an OC'd 3570k and a GTX 680. If it were me i'd get the 760 and ram.

 

[Oggodatank]

Looking at the numbers on the PSU if you don't OC or only do a minimal its fine otherwise you are gonna be cutting it close.

 

[Mark Nollo]

Looking at the numbers on the PSU if you don't OC or only do a minimal its fine otherwise you are gonna be cutting it close.

I will not overclock anything, when I did a power supply calculation it said the recommended is 364 to 436.

I don't have a SSD, also I don't have a blue ray drive, just a normal DVD-RW

 

[Mark Nollo]

so is the 450w good enough for my rig?

 

[Oggodatank]

It looks like it should be fine.